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Two Marsupials Thought to Be Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered Alive in Remote Rainforest Researchers say the remarkable discoveries were made using fossils, photos, and the knowledge of Indigenous communities. The findings highlight how remote forests may still hold long-lost wildlife.

Two #Marsupials Thought to Be #Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered Alive in Remote #Rainforest

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Bishop Museum and Australian Museum Scientists Describe Two Species Previously Thought to Be Extinct - Bishop Museum The discovery of the live animals in New Guinea, originally known only from fossils, is a story of hope for biodiversity and the importance of conservation across the Pacific.

www.bishopmuseum.org/newsroom/bis... #marsupials #extinct #nature #conservation @nicenews.bsky.social

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Golden-mantled Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus pulcherrimus Critically Endangered Golden-mantled Tree Kangaroos are found in Papua New Guinea’s mountains. They move with grace in a vanishing world. Boycott palm oil!

Golden-mantled Tree #Kangaroos 🦘🤎 are critically endangered #marsupials of #PapuaNewGuinea 🇵🇬 They're on the edge of #extinction from #palmoil #deforestation and #hunting. Resist for them and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴☠️🤮🙊⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/26/g...

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Marsupials Previously Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered: ‘A once-in-a-lifetime discovery’ GNN has reported a-plenty on animals that were last seen in the 20th century and believed extinct that were then rediscovered, but a story from the island of New Guinea now stretches that pattern to its absolute limits. Known only from fossilized bones that date back 6,000-plus years, two species of arboreal marsupials have been […] The post Marsupials Previously Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered: ‘A once-in-a-lifetime discovery’ appeared first on Good News Network.

Marsupials Previously Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered: ‘A once-in-a-lifetime discovery’: GNN has reported a-plenty on animals that were last seen in the 20th century and believed extinct that… @goodnewsnetwork.org #Marsupials #ExtinctAnimals #Paleontology #WildlifeDiscovery #LazarusTaxa

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Marsupials in the news again? Yes! And this time it’s good news | First Dog on the Moon Lazarus taxa

"Marsupials in the news again? Yes! And this time it’s good news"
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#FirstDogOnTheMoon #marsupials

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Original post on beige.party

If I'm not mistaken -- which I frequently am -- the Australians are active this hour on the Fediverse.
So may I be permitted to ask my Aussie friends a question?
Is it true that in order to import a dog or cat into Australia, it must first be surgically fitted with a pouch, effectively making it […]

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Marsupials thought extinct for 6,000 years found in West Papua Two stunning marsupials thought extinct for 6000 years rediscovered in West Papua. Calls for rainforest protection even more urgent!

Two #extinct #marsupials in #WestPapua found alive! Dubbed "Lazarus" due to returning from dead, the #marsupials highlight the need to protect #Papuan forests or else they disappear for good! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🙊🔥☠️🚫 @palmoildetect.bsky.social #Boycott4Wildlife wp.me/pcFhgU-iOH

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“The downside is it give us two more kinds of possums to worry about at 4 o’clock in the morning.
I hope they are ok.” #marsupials #possums #rainforest #goodnews

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Marsupials found alive after 6,000 years of extinction Australian Museum Scientists discover Lazarus taxa alive in Papuan Indonesia rainforests.

#marsupials #wildlife #animals #extinction #endangered #nature #environment #conservation #hope #wecandothistogether
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Marsupials thought extinct for 6,000 years found in West Papua Two stunning marsupials thought extinct for 6000 years rediscovered in West Papua. Calls for rainforest protection even more urgent!

Two #extinct #marsupials in #WestPapua found alive! Dubbed "Lazarus" due to returning from dead, the #marsupials highlight the need to protect #Papuan forests or else they disappear for good! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🙊🔥☠️🚫 @palmoildetect.bsky.social #Boycott4Wildlife wp.me/pcFhgU-iOH

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Marsupials thought extinct for 6,000 years found in West Papua Two stunning marsupials thought extinct for 6000 years rediscovered in West Papua. Calls for rainforest protection even more urgent!

Two #extinct #marsupials in #WestPapua found alive! Dubbed "Lazarus" due to returning from dead, the #marsupials highlight the need to protect #Papuan forests or else they disappear for good! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🙊🔥☠️🚫 @palmoildetect.bsky.social #Boycott4Wildlife wp.me/pcFhgU-iOH

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Marsupials thought extinct for 6,000 years found in West Papua Two stunning marsupials thought extinct for 6000 years rediscovered in West Papua. Calls for rainforest protection even more urgent!

Two #extinct #marsupials in #WestPapua found alive! Dubbed "Lazarus" due to returning from dead, the #marsupials highlight the need to protect #Papuan forests or else they disappear for good! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🙊🔥☠️🚫 @palmoildetect.bsky.social #Boycott4Wildlife wp.me/pcFhgU-iOH

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

“A tiny possum with an extremely long finger and a new kind of gliding marsupial have been identified in West Papua.
The two species were only previously known in Western science from the fossil record.” #wildlife #marsupials www.abc.net.au/news/science...

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A Marsupial Rises from 6,000 Years of Extinction Scientists identify Tous ayamaruensis, a new marsupial genus thought extinct since the Ice Age, in Indonesian Papua. A rare biological discovery.

A Marsupial Rises from 6,000 Years of Extinction

#NewSpecies #Marsupials #ScienceDiscovery #Biodiversity #AusNews

thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-06-a-mar...

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Original post on fediscience.org

GREAT news for marsupial lovers (all of us, I assume). TWO new possums 'discovered' (to Western science, anyway) in New Guinea. Thanks @firstdogonthemoon for the good news comic 💚

#GoodNews #Marsupials #possums […]

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The monarch's sabre toothed critter is not a cat. Convergent evolution is cool.
#barbarians #dinosaurs #comics #abandonedprojects #marsupials #Thylacosmilus

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World’s smallest possum may live beyond its known range in Australia Pygmy possums have been found hundreds of kilometers from where they're known to occur in southern Australia — a finding that potentially extends the range of this locally threatened species.

“New evidence of the world’s smallest possum has emerged hundreds of kilometers from where it’s known to occur in southern Australia — a finding that potentially extends the range of this locally threatened species.” #wildlife #marsupials flip.it/VKA8hi

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Waigeo Cuscus Spilocuscus papuensis Cryptic and solitary marsupials, Waigeo Cuscuses cling to tree canopies on a Waigeo Island, West Papua. They are classified as vulnerable on IUCN Red List due to palm oil deforestation and mining o…

Cryptic and solitary #marsupials, Waigeo #cuscus 🐒 cling to tree canopies on Waigeo Island #WestPapua, they are vulnerable from #palmoil 🌴🪔🩸💀⛔️ #deforestation. Help them and go #vegan and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2023/07/09/w...

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A female wallaby with a bulging pouch and her independent daughter sit on green grass near some trees

A female wallaby with a bulging pouch and her independent daughter sit on green grass near some trees

Mum and daughter here for breakfast this morning. They are both a bit skittish so do t hang around for closeups.

#MacropodMonday
#MacropodsOfMastodon
#Mammals
#Macropods
#Marsupials

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The Animals That Cheat the Cold, the Heat, and the Predator New research shows far more mammals than thought can flex their body temperature to survive storms, predators and heat. Australian species lead the story.

The Animals That Cheat the Cold, the Heat, and the Predator

#AustralianWildlife #Heterothermy #WildlifeScience #Marsupials #ClimateChange #AusNews

thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-01-the-a...

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Survey shows successful reintroduction of eastern quolls to mainland Australia Once dubbed the Australian "native cat", the eastern quoll was abundant before it was completely wiped out on mainland Australia.  #conservation #marsupials #revegetation #pests #biology #biological #diversity

Once dubbed the Australian "native cat", the eastern quoll was abundant before it was completely wiped out on mainland Australia.  #conservation #marsupials #revegetation #pests #biology #biological #diversity

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Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
NIKON CORPORATION (NIKON D100)
06/Jun/2011
#Animals
#Mammals
#Mammalia
#Marsupials
#Marsupialia
#Macropodiformes
#Macropodidae
#EasternGreyKangaroo
#MacropusGiganteus

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Wildlife corridor to span busy motorway in landmark project A forgotten bridge over one of the busiest commuter routes in NSW is being reborn as a safe crossing for wildlife.  #conservation #roads #engineering #marsupials #ecology

A forgotten bridge over one of the busiest commuter routes in NSW is being reborn as a safe crossing for wildlife.  #conservation #roads #engineering #marsupials #ecology

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Goodarvo Melbourne! 🌞 😎 🔥

Now for something completely different …

#wildoz #marsupials #legend #gembrookpark #duskyantechinus

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Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
NIKON CORPORATION (NIKON D100)
06/Jun/2011
#Animals
#Mammals
#Mammalia
#Marsupials
#Marsupialia
#Macropodiformes
#Macropodidae
#EasternGreyKangaroo
#MacropusGiganteus

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Ifola Dendrolagus notatus The Ifola, a rare and little-known tree kangaroo, inhabits the tropical montane forests of the Fakfak Mountains in Papua New Guinea and Indonesian-occupied West Papua. First identified as a distinc…

Ifolas are gentle forest-dwelling #marsupials of the tree #kangaroo genus #Dendrolagus in #PapuaNewGuinea 🦘🦘🤎. Endangered due to #palmoil #deforestation. Say no to palm oil and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔☠️🤮⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/31/i...

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I kept wondering why sometimes the opossum would climb up and get into the bird bath to drink and sometimes it wouldn't. Wasn't really paying very much attention, but a video from the other night finally told the whole story. #Surprise #Marsupials #Mammals 🌿

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White-footed Dunnarts are micro-marsupials found in coastal SW NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. Officially, they're insectivores, but they don't mind a bit of Banksia nectar either! #WildOz #marsupials #AustralianWildlife

My YouTube vid on this cute species (7:57): www.youtube.com/watch?v=iugD...

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Critically endangered by #hunting and #palmoil #deforestation in #Papua, sweet-faced #marsupials black spotted #cuscus need your help. Every time you visit the supermarket, make sure you #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife learn more wp.me/pcFhgU-n7

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Quokka sketch!
Heheheh sillies :3 #quokka #marsupials #marsupial #macropodidae #animal #animals #mammal #sketch #doodle #pencilart #sketches

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