But children thought the toy looked “too much like a rat,” and it sold poorly Howard Dorre “If ‘Teddy Bear,’ why not ‘Billy Possum’?” That was the question posed by a political ...

Introduced over 150 years ago as the basis for a fur trade, the Australian brush-tail possum has instead become an ecological plague, chomping its way through millions of tonnes of forest foliage a ...

Apart from a family of possums and 'historic and possibly current termite activity' the property has sat uninhabited for at least 25 years. 'This uninhabitable property is truly golden,' the ...

The possums, which were understood to be in a good condition when they were found, were later take to Five Sisters Zoo in West Calder, where they are currently in a 30-day quarantine.

The animals were discovered discarded in a box and are now recovering from their ordeal at Five Sisters Zoo in West Lothian. The sugar gliders, small, nocturnal animals native to Australia, were ...

We’re in pursuit of critically endangered Leadbeater’s possums – commonly known as forest fairies, but perhaps better described as forest gremlins for their sparky personalities – which ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. SIX tiny possums have been rescued after being “cruelly” abandoned and left “to fend for themselves” in a box outside a Lidl supermarket in West ...