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Scientists are moving endangered northern quolls into a 950-hectare predator-free sanctuary near Townsville, creating a safe breeding ground for the tiny marsupial carnivores. The ambitious project aims to restore populations that have collapsed across most of Australia due to feral cats and cane toads.
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One of the world's smallest wallabies has reappeared in Western Australia after vanishing from the region for five decades. The endangered nabarlek was captured on camera by Indigenous rangers and conservationists in locations where scientists had never recorded it before.
Scientists discovered that greater gliders only travel about 19 meters through the air, not the 100 meters experts believed for 85 years. The finding helps conservationists better protect these endangered fluffy marsupials that look like flying carpets in the night sky.
When an ecologist opened a high-tech nesting box designed for endangered greater gliders, she burst into tears finding one inside. The specially insulated boxes achieved 100% occupancy in under a year, offering new hope for Australia's largest gliding marsupial.
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Scientists rediscovered two marsupial species on New Guinea that were thought to have vanished 6,000 years ago. Working with Indigenous communities, researchers found living pygmy long-fingered possums and ring-tailed gliders, making history with an unprecedented double "Lazarus species" discovery.
Scientists in West Papua have rediscovered two tiny marsupials thought extinct for 6,000 years, rewriting history with help from Indigenous elders. The long-fingered possum and ring-tailed glider are thriving in remote rainforests.
A small gliding possum thought extinct for 6,000 years was discovered alive in Papua's rainforests, earning its own genus in a breakthrough so rare it happens only a few times per year. Indigenous communities knew about "Tous" all along.
Scientists discovered two marsupial species thought extinct for millennia living in New Guinea, aided by local Indigenous communities. The ring-tailed glider and pygmy long-fingered possum were previously known only from ancient fossils.
In Western Australia's remote Karlamilyi National Park, Martu rangers are using generations of Indigenous knowledge to save the northern quoll, a cat-sized marsupial that once thrived across their Country. Their cultural memory is filling scientific gaps and giving this endangered predator a real chance at recovery.
Researchers captured the first-ever footage of tiny marsupial babies crawling to their mother's pouch, solving a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades. The 22-second video reveals remarkable survival instincts in creatures smaller than a grain of rice.