As human activity alters the environment, kissing bugs and parasites will ultimately adapt. The geographic range of infected ...

The Recovery Plan for the western ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus occidentalis) was prepared by the Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife, and has been adopted under the Environment ...

Mountain pygmy possum gets 'bogong biscuit' out of a feeding container made from mesh and pipes in a Kosciusko National Park boulder field. Photo shows New Year's Weather: Dark grey storm clouds ...

The disease effectively wipes the memory of our immune systems, which has led health experts to warn that a large measles outbreak might consequently lead to a national rise in other infections. The ...

These ratings are the opinions of scientific experts within UKHSA who have considered routes of transmission and severity of disease arising from pathogens in each family to inform the ratings.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. SIX tiny possums have been rescued after being “cruelly” abandoned and left “to fend for themselves” in a box outside a Lidl supermarket in West ...

Six possums are being cared for at a zoo in West Lothian after being found abandoned outside a Lidl supermarket. The sugar gliders - which have a thin membrane of skin creating "wings" allowing ...

Apart from a family of possums and 'historic and possibly current termite activity' the property has sat uninhabited for at least 25 years. 'This uninhabitable property is truly golden,' the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A deputy rescued eight baby possums after their mother was killed on Wednesday. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Baldwin was on patrol ...

A Pinellas County deputy recently saved eight baby opossums. The deputy recalled that baby opossums can live in their mother’s pouch even after she passes away. The opossums are receiving specialized ...

Possums are beneficial to the environment as they act as nature’s “cleaning crew,” and some of their favorite foods include ticks, pests and carrion which helps to control the spread of disease and ...

A deadly deer disease has found its way into the urban deer population in Cranbrook, in B.C.'s Kootenay region. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected in a female white-tailed deer during a ...