Baby sugar gliders are the size of a grain of rice when they're born; they're called joeys just like newborn kangaroos and grow larger in their mother's pouch.

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.

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 ...

Figure 1 | A sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps). A skin membrane called the patagium extends from this marsupial’s forefeet to its hindfeet and enables it to glide through the air. Credit: Joe ...

METHUEN, Mass. (WPRI) — Dozens of sugar gliders and two hedgehogs are in search of their forever homes. The Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty To Animals (MSPCA) took in 33 sugar ...

Dozens of sugar gliders in need of new homes will soon be available for adoption from the MSPCA, the animal welfare agency announced. The MSPCA said in a post on X that it is expecting 51 of the ...

The MSPCA-Angell is looking for adopters that are interested in taking home sugar gliders after 33 were surrendered by their owner in western Massachusetts.

Prospective adopters are welcome to visit the sugar gliders at the MSPCA’s Boston Adoption Center in Jamaica Plain during the shelter’s open hours from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday ...