{"id":522711,"date":"2026-03-06T15:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/522711\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:04:11","slug":"tiny-possum-and-glider-thought-extinct-for-6000-years-found-in-remote-west-papua-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/522711\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny possum and glider thought extinct for 6,000 years found in remote West Papua &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5rcHNkMjMzSG95bC1qdkpnUF9NNXVSWHBnekkyWTgxS3VLNVVuWFRoSUs2ejVEMmducFBfeU1FRHl3Q2NaT0RKR2VnMktUT1lLM0ROUVBRRGhfUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tiny possum and glider thought extinct for 6,000 years found in remote West Papua<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxOUzU1TjNjbjFXazZSdkQyaHlVOUE4TnlZVzVvcnlmYWZ3cHZJamlzN3R6eEpmUkZtQ21DQTFYX2tmX0lqNV9kN0ZXdTQ0cmVHYlg2UWQ5UW1vbnBEbWkxYmNsQkJwNmphOXphel9yaXplUUxXZ3dfV3lwUnlwVXRQNnl0WW9TZEMwU0tIYg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxOTnp6ZjFfUDl0UEhlY3JqZnRHYXd0a2FoeTM1LWlnYmVZWVN3OFFBdm15MzByeTRRbEJRbE8zNnVPbmZ4djVFaDVTUXZ3ZWlPX2FjWEpTRzdEdFJzOV9SQUtPdjFScmRiRTRGVHM1amw5SXFjUDZfQi1xbEdzMmhmTnpkVUdzdm1ZbGt4M21tZFN3cFlTTmloN2EtYnhDbWl3QU1qWmgyTnhudE04ckpMQnMxNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pygmy possum with long fingers rediscovered in remote rainforest<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxQRURlUW15elNNekRDd3RHMEM1LVoydEhDNEpGM29XTktjQjdmT0NPQzlZeG1DQW1mQVlGdUZPZF9icmVXOWxyN2N4SGlyYjJtSHRJbjRaOElKZXV5R1hGbV9ZV05USWpQb0JacFlXdWk1aFBEQ21pWWVHcDNHTVpRMENBVjdQSVhqRzFnN3c0d3JDUlBMSlBlVzhVbFFMQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marsupials found alive after 6,000 years of extinction<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Museum<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxQLW44bW5tTGJJVExqSVMtZ1JhekRjZTdiNWk5N0VvYjNaOGJxSzEzYWFaNVM3VEJwMUlsR24xTnVQSE13Qm0tZExsQ1d2eFVNRTJrR0VGQU1fWlo0NlVydUNsWVhlOEx1eEM4VVRwTDlmVkF4WU5OWjA0VjIwTEZkcG5PNkhKVTRDZm83dUhXNG9CcXl1VkpTZGNEUlVjTkl4cmJTUEdUdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Two marsupials believed extinct for 6000 years found alive<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;New Scientist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tiny possum and glider thought extinct for 6,000 years found in remote West Papua&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCMarsupials previously thought extinct for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":["post-522711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}