From the bossy brushtail who spends most of his time on the forest floor, to the leaping sugar glider, and the resilient mountain pygmy possum which makes in the snowy peaks of the Australian Alps, ...

Maybe you’ve heard some of the amazing facts about possums. Possums eat garden pests and hundreds of ticks a day. They’re mostly immune to rabies and snake venom, and are practically odorless except ...

Scientists recently found out that some mosquitoes in Australia may carry flesh-eating bacteria from possums. Mycobacterium ulcerans, which causes the disfiguring skin condition Buruli ulcer, is ...

This research was funded by the Australian Alps Co-Operative Management Program, Australia and Pacific Science Foundation, Australian Geographic, and the Ecological Society of Australia Holsworth ...

Southern Cross University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Next time you’re road-tripping along the east coast, keep an eye out for a little-known Aussie invention piercing the ...