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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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. SAN DIEGO – A mother opossum and her seven ...

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 ...

A few weeks ago I wrote about a mammal I saw on my way to the mailbox. I asked readers to guess its identity. It was a plains pocket gopher. Some of the guesses included beaver, shrew and opossum. The ...

An opossum enjoying a strawberry treat has melted hearts online after a video went viral on the video-sharing app TikTok. The adorable marsupial has captured hearts after eating a strawberry in the ...

An opossum in Florida is being nursed back to health after suffering a vicious dog attack, footage shows. The female opossum came to the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) after she was ...

A wayward opossum that was discovered walking on the Bay Bridge in February has been released into the wild after being treated at a San Rafael wildlife rescue center. In an "extremely slow-speed ...