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, ...

Mary Schmidt discusses opossum facts, and Carol Reese talks about groundcovers. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, Mary Schmidt of Lichterman Nature Center discusses some facts ...

Craig Nitschke received funding for this research from the Australian Research Council and industry partners (the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water, and Planning, and VicForests) as ...

One of the unique and most misunderstood animals roaming through Pennsylvania is the opossum. With little hair on its head, tail and toes, this creature has conjured up a variety of beliefs and ...

Occasionally, over the years, one of my dogs will bring back an opossum he has subdued. The poor thing looks dead. It lays on its side with a toothy grin frozen on its face. When I say toothy, I mean ...

The poor opossum really does deserve our pity. This critter, officially known as the Virginia opossum, has very little going for it other than just about everyone would agree that it is ugly. And and ...

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 ...

While some might find them gross, you could say that the animals we associate with garbage like opossums and raccoons are ecological success stories. We humans drastically change our environments ...

A parasite known only to be hosted in North America by the Virginia opossum is infecting sea otters along the West Coast. A study from the University of California, Davis, elucidates the sometimes ...