SYDNEY, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Australian researchers have revealed unexpected genetic diversity in Western Australia's common brushtail possum, identifying a previously unrecognized subspecies. Possums ...

Trail cameras monitoring “feral” cats at Bowra Sanctuary recorded the park’s first sighting of a brushtail possum in a decade, photos show. Photo from the Australian Wildlife Conservancy Scientists in ...

Grunting, growling, hissing, screeching: if your home is making these noises, you probably have possums. YOU’RE DRIFTING OFF to sleep when, suddenly, there’s a bump and a thump and an unearthly shriek ...

In short: Motion sensor cameras have photographed a locally extinct brushtail possum. Ecologists say the sighting confirms landscape-scale conservation efforts are working. What's next? Pests grazing ...

The striped possum is a tiny, curious creature that spends its nights hunting for bugs and grubs in Australia and New Guinea's dense rainforests. Deep in the rainforests and eucalyptus woodlands of ...

Oscar never pictured himself in this predicament. The kitty from Australia was minding his own business on Tuesday when a tiny ringtail possum put his arms around him — and wouldn’t let go. According ...

A photo of a giant spider eating a small possum has gone viral, inducing nightmares all around the world. The huntsman spider, commonly found in Australia and other parts of the world, typically has a ...

According to Australian Geographic, possums are nocturnal and feed on a wide range of plant matter, including eucalyptus. The ...

A tiny possum, the faunal emblem of the state of Victoria in Australia, is rapidly heading towards extinction, say scientists. Researchers say the creature, nicknamed the fairy possum, is suffering ...

That’s a photo of a huntsman spider eating a pygmy possum. Yikes! A woman named Justine Latton posted this photo in a public Facebook group dedicated to discussing the invertebrates inhabiting the ...