If you find a baby opossum, a wildlife rehabilitator may or may not be needed, depending on its age and condition — here's ...

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 ...

From reducing ticks to aerating soil, think twice before chasing off this helpful animal.

Two wombs, a forked penis, and giving birth through the nose. These are just a few of the bizarre stories circulating about the reproductive biology of the Virginia opossum. This beady-eyed, big-eared ...

Do opossums hang by their tails in trees? I've heard that they do. Origins: Opossums are misunderstood creatures, often mistaken for members of the rodent family because of their long rat-like tails.

A real possum was spotted hiding among plush stuffed animals in an airport gift shop in Australia's Tasmania state. Video of ...

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 ...

LAURA SIMON, field director for the Humane Society’s Urban Wildlife Program, does not mince words: “People are repulsed by their appearance.” Can you blame them? Opossums, after all, do look like ...

You say possum. I say opossum. And I’m right, so I’m calling the whole thing off. But not so fast. The possum-vs.-opossum quandary recently came up while I was editing a Beacon story about a ...

Whether celebrated as Michigan's only marsupial or reviled as backyard pests, opossums make an impression. Famous for playing dead, they are a common sight rooting around trash cans or sheltering in ...

BRASSTOWN — New Year's Eve revelers at the popular but controversial Brasstown Possum Drop in North Carolina won't see a live opossum this year. Clay Logan, organizer of the event, said Monday that an ...