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, ...

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 ...

All of the proceeds from this 18-month calendar go to help Gulf Coast wildlife rehabs Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The saga of Saffron the ...

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 ...

Whenever people say they don’t like opossums or they want to get rid of them, what they’re unknowingly saying is that they’d rather have more ticks around. An opossum’s abundant consumption of ticks ...

Mardi Gras 2024 seems like a long time ago. But the saga of the opossum named Saffron, who was confiscated by state authorities in the French Quarter during Carnival, continues with no conclusion in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A local opossum owner ...

DOW — A blind Virginia opossum is the newest patient at the TreeHouse Wildlife Center in rural Dow. According to Samuel White, an animal rehabber at TreeHouse, a person delivering packages in Granite ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. An animal cruelty investigation is underway ...