Six of the possums were found abandoned in a cardboard box and are now being cared for by Five Sister Zoo in West Lothian.

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The Buruli ulcer, a bacterial infection that eats away at skin tissue, affected more than 350 people in Victoria last year.

Mountain pygmy possum gets 'bogong biscuit' out of a feeding container made from mesh and pipes in a Kosciusko National Park boulder field. Photo shows New Year's Weather: Dark grey storm clouds ...

“They most often eat other spiders and insects.” As for what happened after Adam took the photo, Justine says the spider and the possum had to be caught and released outside “in order to ...

In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children thought the toy looked "too much like a rat," and it sold poorly ...