Since its discovery in the 1990s, a contagious cancer called devil facial tumor disease has wiped out 85 percent of the Tasmanian devils on the Australian island of Tasmania. The animals have yet to ...

A rescued ringtail possum receives care and attention after being found in need of help. The rescue highlights wildlife ...

Wildlife researchers studying mammals in Key Largo have discovered a potentially groundbreaking—if not heartbreaking—way to locate and kill invasive Burmese pythons, especially the big ones. A team ...

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Downward ‘possum might not be a traditional yoga pose but Shadow, Twig and Flapjack are trying to change that. In a unique event, Humane Indiana Wildlife’s three opossum ambassadors joined a yoga ...