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The marsupial, normally native to Australia, has been spotted in the region several times in recent monthsA rare white wallaby has been caught on camera in Warwickshire for a second time. The unusual sight was captured by refuse collectors on their rounds near Kenilworth earlier in the month. The spot where the marsupial was seen was close to the same site a farmer caught it on camera last year. Read more Warwickshire news stories here In October, Jack Smith saw the wallaby while he was planting barley in a field near the same Warwickshire town. There have also been reports...

Police in Australia shared video of the rescue of a wallaby found swimming in circles nearly 4 miles from shore. The Queensland Police Service said a Water Police boat responded Wednesday to a call from a resident who spotted the marsupial swimming and monitored the animal for two hours, determining it was confused and unable to find the way back to shore. Police shared video of officers plucking the wallaby, dubbed Dawny after swimmer Dawn Fraser, out of the water. The officers gave the wallaby a lift to North Stradbroke Island, where the animal was released onto dry land.

An Indiana woman whose pet wallaby, a marsupial that resembles a small kangaroo, ran away nearly two months ago said the animal is finally back home. Carolyn Buck of Gaston said Sydney the wallaby escaped June 27 while a new fence was being installed and she received phone calls of sightings ranging from her neighborhood to Hartford City, Gas City and Pendleton, The (Muncie, Ind.) Star Press reported Wednesday. "We've had a few funny reports," Buck said. "I appreciate people looking for her and asking about her, but I don't think she ever got very far away." Buck said she...

He was born nine months ago - but it’s only now that this tiny wallaby is taking a peek at the outside world.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A wallaby is settling into a new home in the Black Hills after getting out of its kennel during a flight change in Salt Lake City. The 5-pound, 7-month-old male Australian marsupial escaped Thursday but had only a few minutes of freedom. Roxy Bell, whose family owns The Roo Ranch near Deadwood, said vibration during the flight likely loosened buckles on the side of the kennel. The wallaby — a smaller, stockier version of a kangaroo — did not kick its way out of the kennel, she said. "I just don't want them to get a...

<p>Wayne Newton's wallaby escaped from the performer's home Thursday morning, leading police, animal control officers and an urban cowboy on a two-mile chase through south Las Vegas.</p> <p>The female adult wallaby, a marsupial with clawed fingers and powerful legs, first was seen about 6:30 a.m. running down a busy street near Newton's walled compound, said Joe Boteilho of Clark County Animal Control.</p>