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 ...

If there were ever a misunderstood animal, it is the opossum. They’re not cute. They hang around our garbage and stress out our dogs late at night when they’re creeping along the fence or around the ...

This week was a bittersweet one at the zoo. Visitors to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, with their panda-patterned hats and panda umbrellas, flooded in to say farewell to the zoo’s three ...

I have to admit that for many years I did not have a high opinion concerning opossums. After all, they are anything but nice looking, more often looking rather ragged and with a “rat-like” tail. When ...

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 ...

Opossoms — they’re just like us! On Feb. 10, Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, an organization that cares for injured, orphaned and sick wild animals, posted on Facebook about a furry little critter that ...