During an expedition to the Peruvian Andes in 2018, a team of researchers exploring Abiseo River National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, made an extraordinary discovery: a previously undocumented ...

Leadbeater’s possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri)was once considered extinct, with no living examples seen between 1909 and ...

Tasmanian pygmy possums, also known as little pygmy possums, are tiny tree-dwelling marsupials that might be mistaken for rodents. The large-eared, long-tailed critters grow no longer than 5 to 6 ...

Australia’s unique wildlife is facing an escalating extinction crisis, driven primarily by climate change and compounded by ...

The little pygmy possum is only currently known to exist in Tasmania, parts of the states of Victoria and South Australia, and on Kangaroo Island. However, that may be changing.

A tiny, threatened marsupial not known to have inhabited South Australia's Yorke Peninsula may exist as a relict population and still be clinging to survival, according to new research that has ...