From brightly colored birds to the much-loved sugar glider, Australia's native animals are a sight to behold. The island ...

A real possum was spotted hiding among plush stuffed animals in an airport gift shop in Australia's Tasmania state.Video of the moment was captured on camera by Melissa Oddie inside the terminal gift ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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 ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The little pygmy possum is the smallest mammal in Australia. The little pygmy possum is only currently known to exist in Tasmania, ...

Someone was playing possum — or stuffed animal. Among plush kangaroos, dingoes and Tasmanian devils ready to be bought by parents of antsy children, a live brushtail possum waited in a gift shop at an ...

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 spotted a living ...