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 ...

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Pygmy possums have been found hundreds of kilometers from where they're known to occur in southern Australia — a finding that potentially extends the range of this locally threatened species.

Did you know that some people keep opossums as pets? Proving that there is a lid for every pot, this rescue opossum and his family are celebrating his third birthday—quite a feat for the short-lived ...

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

Pepé Le Pew, Rascal and Pogo maybe cute characters on the screen, but skunks, raccoons and opossums are a nuisance in the backyard. They can even be dangerous. Classified as vertebrate pests by the UC ...

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 ...

Austin Wildlife Rescue said it recently received five orphaned opossums that were found all alone.

Now’s the time of year people might glimpse an opossum along roadsides, scurrying past campsites or through backyards searching for food and possibly carrying a young brood of babies. These ...

A hungry opossum with an unrivaled sweet tooth is on the road to recovery after eating an entire chocolate cake from Costco, an animal rehabilitation center posted. "This Virginia opossum was admitted ...