The discovery of two lost species is 'exceptional' and rare, scientists say ...

Until now, scientists have only known about the animals from fossils. But they suspected the creatures might still be alive, because the remote, difficult-to-navigate region where the fossils were ...

A possum and a glider long thought extinct have been rediscovered in New Guinea by a group including Australian mammalogist Tim Flannery.

In an exceptional scientific discovery, scientists have found a tiny possum and ring-tailed glider in West Papua after 6,000 years. For decades, the researchers have thought these species to ...

Next time you're road-tripping along the east coast, keep an eye out for a little-known Aussie invention piercing the skyline: glide poles. For Australia's gliding possums, or gliders, they're the ...