Marissa Parrott works for Zoos Victoria, a not-for-profit zoo-based conservation organisation. She is a member of the Victorian Mountain Pygmy-Possum State Recovery Team. She receives no additional ...

A possum and a glider long thought extinct have been rediscovered in New Guinea by a group including Australian mammalogist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The endangered mountain pygmy possum seems to be making a comeback after a drought and wildfires nearly wiped out the population.

Landscapes that have escaped fire for decades or centuries tend to harbor vital structures for wildlife, such as tree hollows and large logs. But these "long unburnt" habitats can be eliminated by a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WJW) — Bindi Irwin shared an adorable ...

Therésa Jones has received funding from the Hermon Slade Foundation and Australian Research Council and is a current board member of the Australasian Dark Sky Alliance (ADSA). Sally Sherwen does not ...

Wildlife conservationist Bindi Irwin says her pregnancy has been an exciting experience. The 22-year-old “Crikey! It’s the Irwins” star posted a photo of herself cradling her growing belly to ...

The mountain pygmy possum of Australia, the aye-aye of Madagascar and Leadbeater’s possum of Australia are the top three mammals that we should try to save, according to an improved method for ...

Scientists just found evidence of a rare tiny marsupial hiding out in a completely unexpected place. New evidence of the world’s smallest possum has emerged hundreds of kilometers from where it’s ...

Mountain pygmy possums, which feed on bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) face worse threat of endangerment as their main food source is practically depleted. The drastic decline in bogong moth numbers has ...

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