Back in 1848, some bright spark had a 'good' idea. Let's import common brush-tailed possums from Australia and fur-farm them in New Zealand, they thought. They followed up on that idea with action ...

New Zealand's nemesis is the brush-tail possum, an intruder from Australia introduced here in 1837. Threatened by human encroachment in its native land, the possum has found its niche in the woods ...

Using a $9 dog treat toy, University of Canterbury (UC) Master's student Emma Godfrey has conducted research showing, for the first time, that common brushtail possums can learn from their peers.

The brush-tailed possum's making a long-overdue comeback in the Flinders Ranges. His reemergence - along with that of his native cousin, the Western Quoll, is part of one of the most ambitious ...

Brush-tailed possums were introduced from Australia in 1837. Their numbers have since risen to around 75 million and they eat their way through everything from saplings to birds’ eggs.

Brush-tailed possums are territorial, and stay in the same small area their whole lives; Residents held grave concerns that the large brush-tail possum, known as Russell Rustle, ...

While surveying 20 sites on the island, the wildlife group also located southern brown bandicoots, native bush rats, brush-tailed possums, wallabies and (the more common) western pygmy possums.