The first time an Australian called me “possum” I wasn’t quite sure how to take it. I knew from that person’s tone the term was meant to be an endearment. But the only possums I ever knew were ...

New Hampshire police are investigating the theft of a small furry creature native to Australia that was stolen from a pet store in Plaistow.Plaistow police said an Australian sugar glider, a tiny ...

Sugar gliders, small palm-sized marsupials with flaps on their arms similar to flying squirrels, are considered “exotic pets,” but you may not know much else about them. Last week, the MSPCA took in a ...

SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) - The most abundant mammal in Australia is a sugar glider, although its habitat, like that of most animals, is threatened. The sugar glider is a marsupial whose closest relatives ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Don’t be fooled by their adorable faces and small furry bodies—the sugar glider is not to be messed with. This palm-sized ...

The Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps), sometimes called the Flying Sugar, is a small gliding possum native to eastern and northern mainland Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago, and ...

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BOISE, Idaho — A pair of tiny gliding opossums native to Australia and New Guinea are looking for a new home after they were surrendered to the Idaho Humane Society. Sugar gliders, which can float ...

After an hour repelling mosquitoes in thick evening humidity, PhD candidate Alyson Stobo-Wilson shone her torch into a eucalyptus tree and finally found a pair of glowing red eyes. "He just jumped ...

New Hampshire police are investigating the theft of a small furry creature native to Australia that was stolen from a pet store in Plaistow.Plaistow police said an Australian sugar glider, a tiny ...