Researchers say mapping the genetic code of the brushtail possum will benefit those working to both conserve and control the animal. Researchers say mapping the genetic code of the brushtail possum ...

Researchers say mapping the genetic code of the brushtail possum will benefit those working to both conserve and control the animal. In a five-year long study, just published in Nature Communications, ...

A rising number of possums spotted around Hawke’s Bay has led to rural landowners being asked to undertake annual possum control and baiting. Hawke’s Bay Regional Council says possum control is still ...

Introduced in the late 19th century to establish a fur trade, possums went on to become serious pests, damaging many forest ecosystems and killing native birds and some insects. Kiwi scientists have ...

In Australia, we have a love-hate relationship with our native possums. We love to watch them scramble up a tree on a summer's evening and admire their agility as they skitter across power lines. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Possums can be the subject of cute fascination, morbid curiosity (quite literally, these creatures play dead as a defense ...

Greater Wellington Regional Council has achieved a rare conservation milestone, with possum numbers temporarily reduced to zero in the Wainuiomata/Orongorongo Water ...