Possums have an unusual skill that helps protect them in the wild. Read all about what really happens when a possum plays ...

Your stomach growls are a normal part of digestion. This sound, called borborygmus, happens as gas and fluids move through your gut. It can occur after eating or when you are hungry. Stress can also ...

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STUNNED dinner party guests lost their appetites as they watched a huge python crack the bones and swallow an adult possum whole, while a freshwater crocodile tried to hide in a bar. The Northern ...

Trevor Evans peers into a wooden nest box. “Ah, somebody’s awake,” he says with satisfaction as he pulls out a tiny, wriggly scrap of fur with a long tail – a thumb-sized mountain pygmy-possum ...

The cute critter has proven a case of possum magic after she was found in someone's luggage weighing 5g. Nicknamed Miss Piggy at Taronga Zoo's Wildlife Hospital thanks to her penchant for food, the ...

"With a voice that could crack you open with its sorrow and soul, Richard Manuel was the heart of the legendary 1960s roots-rock group, The Band. A piano prodigy who could flip from gospel growl to ...

Common brushtail and ringtail possums are a quintessential part of city life for many Melbourne residents. Possums have become well-adapted to the comforts of civilisation: an abundance of vegetable ...

Research is underway to try and identify a mystery illness that is sweeping through western ringtail possum populations in the South West. The species is critically endangered and carers fear that ...

Research is underway to try and identify a mystery illness that is sweeping through western ringtail possum populations in the South West. The species is critically endangered and carers fear that ...

Celia Wade-Brown says keeping possums as pets risks decades of pest control. Former Wellington mayor and Green Party associate conservation spokesperson Celia Wade-Brown has joined calls not to keep ...

Brushtail possums commonly move into roof spaces and walls due to loss of their own habitat. Source: Getty / Auscape/Universal Images Group If you've ever tried to sleep through the thundering ...