These Australian ‘forest fairies’ have all but disappeared from the wild – now they have a new neighbourhood

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Only 13 lowland Leadbeater’s possums remain at Victoria’s Yellingbo conservation area, where their specialized forest habitat is under pressure. Conservationists hope a purpose-built sanctuary will help the critically endangered marsupials recover.

Exclusive: With only a handful of lowland Leadbeater’s possums left in Victorian forests, conservationists hope a bespoke sanctuary will help the acrobatic marsupials bounce back Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here With just 13 animals left, time was running out for the Leadbeater’s possums at Yellingbo conservation area. The critically endangered forest sprites have exacting habitat needs. They prefer cool, wet and dark forest, with large old trees to nest in and a dense thicket of paperbarks and tea trees to dart and hide in. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...