There’s no shortage of charm in the animal kingdom. Cats purr. Roosters crow. Dogs smile and wag their tails. Heck, the ...

Quokkas are about the size of a domestic cat and extremely friendly, making them our new fantasy pets. Flickr user barneymoss Quokkas are classified as "vulnerable," according to the International ...

SUGAR gliders running up the curtains and quokkas hopping in the kitchen are better pets than cats. Read Today's Paper Tributes. Rewards. Subscribe. Sign In. Read Today's Paper; ...

No, you can't keep a quokka as a pet. Look, but never touch. | Paul Kane/GettyImages. Sorry. Wild quokka populations are declining as invasive predators like foxes and cats move into quokka territory.

For decades, quokkas quietly roamed Rottnest Island, relatively unknown outside their native Western Australia. These small marsupials, about the size of a domestic cat, lived peaceful lives ...

How Selfies with Quokkas on Rottnest Island Are Helping the Quokka Population Bounce Back Tourism on the Australian island went up 15 percent last year, bringing in funds to go toward research and ...

Feeding quokkas is a bad idea, echoes conservation biologist Sue Miller of the University of Western Australia, who has worked with the "soft like a cat" animals for several years. "People tend to ...

A quokka weighs 2.5 to 5 kg (5.5 to 11 lbs) and measures 40 to 54 cm (16 to 21 inches) but cannot be kept as pets. Credit : PINTEREST World’s happiest animal ...

Australia is famous for animals that don't exist in the wild anywhere else on Earth, including a creature called the quokka. The rare animals — located on Rottnest Island near Australia's west ...