Zookeepers had their first glimpse at a dozen adorable mountain pygmy possums born at Victoria’s Healesville Sanctuary in ...

A dozen critically endangered mountain pygmy possums have been successfully bred at an Australian sanctuary. Healesville ...

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

The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two marsupials believed to have died out thousands of years ago, are still alive in Papuan Indonesia.

The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, which were thought to be extinct for over 7,000 years, have been rediscovered as living animals.

The death of this ancient species, discovered alongside more newly described mammals, had been greatly exaggerated.

Until now, scientists have only known about the animals from fossils. But they suspected the creatures might still be alive, ...

SCIENTISTS have hailed the “exceptional” discovery of two tiny creatures that were long believed to have gone extinct more than 6,000 years ago. Until now, ancient fossils of the pygmy ...

A dozen critically endangered mountain pygmy possums have been successfully bred in a major conservation boost. The joeys were born at Healesville Sanctuary, where three mothers each produced the ...