That visibility comes with scrutiny. Mammals are among the best-studied organisms on Earth - and among the most threatened.

Scientists have described an exciting discovery: two marsupials that modern science thought to be extinct are still alive in ...

Scientists have identified a new genus of mammal in Indonesian Papua, named Tous, a gliding possum previously thought extinct. This discovery, confirmed with input from Indigenous knowledge, ...

The colugo is a nocturnal mammal that moves through Southeast Asian forests by gliding rather than flying. A large membrane of skin stretches between its limbs, allowing it to leap from trees and ...

A chorus of high-pitched squeals cuts through the blanket of mist. We steer our skiff, bobbing up and down on the syrupy brown waters, toward the racket. “It's a troop of squirrel monkeys,” says my ...

Scientists working with Indigenous communities in Papua, Indonesia, have stunned the conservation world by confirming that two small mammals thought extinct for around 6,000 years are alive in the ...

Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people picture biodiversity, they often ...

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Scientists have rediscovered two marsupial species in New Guinea that were believed to have gone extinct 6,000 years ago. The ...