James Cook University scientists have been trying to discover exactly why some animals glow under ultraviolet light. JCU ...

The team found the molecule porphyrin causes the fur of bandicoots, quolls, and possums to glow bright pink under black light. Meanwhile metabolites of tryptophan produce a blue shade. Sometimes the ...

A group of brushtail possums has been relocated from Kangaroo Island to Central Australia in a bid to re-establish a population in the region. The species, which is common in capital cities and ...