It’s been called “the most ambitious conservation project attempted anywhere in the world”— will it actually work?

"The main threats to most of our small to medium-sized mammal species like the brushtail possum are introduced predators." ...

The predator-free plan “retains the dream ... His mission: find and eliminate brushtail possums, an intruder that eats baby ...

Looking at the common brushtail possum, Stokes thinks the problems they face are similar across the country. “They’ve been decimated across a lot of their range by feral predators like foxes ...