Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this image taken from video, a living Australian brushtail possum sits on the display shelf at a terminal shop at Hobart ...

The rescue team believes the possum was nesting on a boat and panicked when it started sailing to sea, so the animal jumped into the water and then took hold of a buoy An astounded scuba diver rescued ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A real possum surprised staff when it appeared on shelves crammed with cuddly toy animals in an Australian airport gift shop. A ...

Most people have a few unexpected wildlife encounters in life, but finding a possum in the house just might be a unique experience. Luckily, online entrepreneur @neishabeaveridge caught the special ...

New research has shown for the first time that Australian marsupials are contaminated with synthetic "forever chemicals," which are linked to significant health impacts on other animals and humans.

HOUSTON — Some mosquitoes buzzing around parts of Australia could be ferrying dangerous cargo from possums to people: flesh-eating bacteria. Mycobacterium ulcerans is the microbe behind Buruli ulcer, ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out: Its big brown eyes were moving. A browsing passenger first ...

In this image taken from video, a living Australian brushtail possum sits on the display shelf at a terminal shop at Hobart Airport in Hobart, Australia, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Melissa Oddie via ...