Opossums might not be everyone's favorite animal. Some mistake them for huge rats due to their distinctive features, such as their sharp-pointed muzzle, teeth, and long, thick rat-like tail. However, ...

Most people would not roll out the red carpet for an opossum. But one Eagle Scout candidate has not only embraced Shelby Township’s Burgess-Shadbush Center’s opossum but has created a state-of-the-art ...

A Sonoran opossum's journey from injury to recovery has captured the attention of the Tucson Wildlife Center. Last October, ...

DEAR JOAN: We have an opossum living at the base of a shrub in our side yard. We generally don’t go near there, only when we take the garbage to the curb weekly. Land deal expands Big Basin Redwoods ...

An opossum that found its way to Homer in a shipping container and has been on the loose for close to two months has been captured and is now in Anchorage, where it will be kept at the Alaska Zoo. The ...

The little pygmy possum is only currently known to exist in Tasmania, parts of the states of Victoria and South Australia, and on Kangaroo Island. However, that may be changing.

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