Paula Jordan has rescued and owned many kinds of animals. But in January, she was introduced to a pet that she had never seen before when a drunk, down-on-her-luck woman dropped off two sugar gliders ...

Sugar gliders, small palm-sized marsupials with flaps on their arms similar to flying squirrels, are considered “exotic pets,” but you may not know much else about them. Last week, the MSPCA took in a ...

They're tiny, soft, love sugar and have their own way of flying. Although often mistaken for their lookalike non-relative the flying squirrel, sugar gliders are more closely related to koalas.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scents are used by sugar gliders for much more than just identifying territory. They communicate via the saliva in their mouths.

The Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps), sometimes called the Flying Sugar, is a small gliding possum native to eastern and northern mainland Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago, and ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- Dozens of exotic animals that "can make great pets" are up for adoption through the MSPCA-Angell's adoption centers in Jamaica Plain and Methuen. The organization said it has received ...