Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About the size of a cat, possums (real name, Opossum, but most of us drop the O) are North America’s only marsupial and can be ...

A few weeks ago I wrote about a mammal I saw on my way to the mailbox. I asked readers to guess its identity. It was a plains pocket gopher. Some of the guesses included beaver, shrew and opossum. The ...

Most of us have heard the phrase “playing possum,” whether we know what a possum is or not. What many Americans call a possum is in fact an opossum. While that “o” might not seem like a big deal, it ...

This awesome possum clearly fancies themselves the Tom Cruise of the marsupial world. Just watch this brave creature ...

Scientists just found evidence of a rare tiny marsupial hiding out in a completely unexpected place. New evidence of the world’s smallest possum has emerged hundreds of kilometers from where it’s ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. February 24, 2022 Add ...

What mammal has the most teeth in North America, is resistant to snake venom and might live in your home? If you didn’t guess the Virginia opossum, you were wrong. These pint-sized critters have quite ...

A live opossum was captured early this morning outside a downtown Honolulu office building, according to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture. Opossums are not native to Hawaii, and could be harmful ...

Health minister pledges to work quickly to improve hygiene after mould outbreak in Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred hospital left two patients dead ...