HUNTSVILLE, AL. - While strolling through a local department store, you might encounter someone with a small inquisitive critter on their shoulder. It's not a parrot or a trained primate, rather a ...

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 ...

Chad DeFrain of Springfield said he was a little surprised when he went to the Illinois State Fair and saw a vendor selling small marsupials called sugar gliders. The 5- to 7-inch-long, furry animals ...

Animal ownership laws vary greatly depending on where you live —some states are quite strict, while others could care less. Alabama, North Carolina, Nevada, and Wisconsin, for example, have absolutely ...

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 ...

Sugar gliders are small nocturnal animals originally from the treetops of Australia and New Guinea. Their diet in the wild includes a combination of sweets from the forest, small animals, and insects.

METHUEN — Pets don't have to be just dogs and cats. For those who want something more exotic, the MSPCA is looking for homes for a bunch of sugar gliders, which are part of the possum family. The ...