Ringtail possums are Australian marsupials known for their distinctive white-tipped tails. According to Australian Geographic, these animals enjoy living in trees and snacking on leaves.

But Uta Wicke, of the Possum Centre in Busselton, said some custom-built release cages and cameras used to monitor the possums were positioned about 5m from the border of the burn area.

While enjoying a walk back from Byron Bay’s lighthouse on the weekend, Michelle Hunjak and her sister Simone came across a horrifying scene. A colossal carpet python devouring a ringtail possum ...

This extra-small, 2-oz. ringtail possum had a fracture in her wrist and was given a 2-cm.-long splint to help the bone stay in place and heal. PHOTOS: Cutest Baby Aimals!

Last December, the Australian lemuroid ringtail possum was widely reported as the first possible extinction casualty of climate change . But last week it rose from the dead with ecologists ...

Instagram user Alex Tan found an 'alien' creature washed up on a beach in Australia while going for a walk earlier this week.

If hearts could smile, the friendship between this teeny orphaned ringtail possum and a zookeeper would have you positively beaming from the chest. The video comes from Symbio Wildlife Park ...

Some mosquitoes in southeastern Australia feed on both common ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus, pictured) and people, providing a link to transmit a flesh-eating disease from the possums ...

Seventy-two critically endangered western ringtail possums in the state’s South West will be ‘displaced’ for a $1 billion road, with the parks authority unable to guarantee their survival ...

In short: New research has found how western ringtail possums are adapting to climate change in South West WA. The beloved species, endemic to the area, is listed as vulnerable. What's next ...