Researchers working in the Peruvian Amazon have discovered an unusual partnership between the ocelot (left) and opossum (right). Fortunato Rayan Opossums and ocelots appear to team up on Amazonian ...

Don’t attempt to feed it, keep your garbage bins tightly shut, and don’t allow your dog out unsupervised. Opossums aren’t ...

Camera traps in the jungles of Peru have captured footage of ocelots and opossums traveling together. We have at least four confirmed cases of the two animals walking in tandem, seeming to be ...

Haley O’Briant and her mother, Tandy Chevalier, operate Cape Fear Critters Animal Rescue and Sanctuary in southeastern North Carolina. They rehabilitate a variety of animals including opossums, ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In the Peruvian Amazon, a series of curious encounters has left ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — An orphaned opossum joey named Nigel has a new home at the Oregon Zoo. Nigel, who weighs in at 9.5-ounces, was found earlier this month wandering behind an apartment building in ...

Opossums are largely misunderstood. While one of the dangers of opossums is that they carry zoonotic diseases, they are a vital part of the ecosystem, digesting almost anything (even bones) to ...