Animals 'Extinct' for 6,000 Years Found Alive in

Scientists discovered two species of marsupials considered extinct for 6 millennia in remote New Guinea forests. Swipe to see →

"EXTINCT" FOR 6,000 YEARS: TWO...

In a tropical forest so remote it takes 5 days of trekking to reach, a team of Australian and Papuan biologists found something...

THE DISCOVERY

The expedition, led by the Australian Museum in Sydney in collaboration with the University of Papua New Guinea, focused on the montane...

THE LAZARUS PHENOMENON: WHEN THE...

The name comes from Lazarus, the biblical figure who rose from the dead. In biology, "Lazarus species" are those that disappear from the...

WHY NEW GUINEA?

New Guinea (divided between the independent nation of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia's Papua province) is the world's second-largest...

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR SCIENCE

The central premise of conservation biology is that "extinction is forever." This premise is statistically true — the vast majority of...

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