Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Critically endangered mountain pygmy possums were woken from their winter hibernation at the Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria as ...

When people think of the animals of Australia, they're quick to cite dangerous reptiles, like the giant saltwater crocodiles or the many extremely venomous species of snake. Then there are the deadly ...

New evidence of the world’s smallest possum has emerged hundreds of kilometers from where it’s known to occur in southern Australia — a finding that potentially extends the range of this locally ...

Newswise — A one-millimetre difference in the size of a nest box entrance could help rare little pygmy-possums recover after bushfire, according to new research by Adelaide University, Kangaroo Island ...

Tasmanian pygmy possums, also known as little pygmy possums, are tiny tree-dwelling marsupials that might be mistaken for rodents. The large-eared, long-tailed critters grow no longer than 5 to 6 ...

For the past six years, Trevor Evans has seen the number of endangered mountain pygmy possums at his sanctuary increase sixfold. The pocket-sized possums are traditionally found on the peaks of the ...

A little pygmy possum has been discovered on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island after fears it might have been wiped out by the Black Summer bushfires in January. Conservation group Kangaroo Island ...

A tiny, threatened marsupial not known to have inhabited South Australia's Yorke Peninsula may exist as a relict population and still be clinging to survival, according to new research that has ...

Conservationists have made a very tiny, but highly heartening discovery on a South Australian island that was ravaged by bushfires last summer — a lone, surviving pygmy possum. The miniature mammals — ...