The mountain pygmy possum, a tiny nocturnal marsupial, was once known only from Ice Age fossils. Today, we know where its 2,000 remaining individuals are holding on. In 1895, deep within the limestone ...

Sometimes it’s the smallest things that ruin your day. For the passengers of a flight between the eastern Chinese cities of Shanghai and Jinan, it was a miniature pet possum. The tiny sugar glider – a ...

The Virginia opossum, according to John Smith—that explorer of all things Virginia—“hath a head like a Swine, & a taile like a Rat, and is of the Bignes of a Cat.” Had Smith looked closer, he might ...

Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University We have studied the effects of current widespread clear-felling in Victoria’s Mountain ash forests for almost ...

Possums, those beady-eyed backyard scavengers who are willing to eat basically anything, are having an internet moment. Olivia Graves, who runs the Olivia’s O’meme Outlet Facebook page, has spent ...

“Conservation is based on emotion. It comes from the heart and one should never forget that.” (George Schaller 1) "The brushtail possum is not treated like other animals in Aotearoa-New Zealand.

In 2004, Kay Singleton fell in love by accident. That year she was involved in an accident that broke her back in three places. She also lost her job as a graphic arts teacher during the long recovery ...