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With a nearly hairless, scaly tail, a mouth full of teeth, the ability to “play dead” and its I-don’t-give-a-dang attitude, the opossum might be one of the most unique mammals waddling around Nebraska ...

Animal rights activists hand delivered to the solicitor's office this week a petition, with 25,000 signatures, urging felony charges in a local animal abuse case. Beth Sparks and Connie Welborn Reese, ...

(WLUK) -- Even though the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary isn't accepting animals, they are still busy. They are caring for a lot of animals including this Virginia Opossum. When opossums are born, they ...

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 ...

Chances are, you’ve seen an opossum — known by many as a “possum” — in the headlights of your car or at the edge of your yard, startled by the motion-activated floodlight on your back porch. Maybe it ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sent an award to a Pinellas County deputy on Monday for his quick thinking that saved the lives of seven baby opossums whose ...