RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — There is only one kind of marsupial found north of Mexico — and it bears Virginia’s namesake. The Virginia opossum is the full name of the fuzzy little creature many drivers see ...

Possums have an unusual skill that helps protect them in the wild. Read all about what really happens when a possum plays ...

Last year, Vivien Deal-Sosa was studying state symbols with her fourth grade class in Chesterfield, New Hampshire when she had an idea: why not make the Virginia opossum, North America’s only native ...

MIAMI (WSVN) - Miami’s Pelican Harbor Seabird Station celebrated a major rescue milestone, but their furry little arrival is no ordinary patient. He isn’t even a bird. The nonprofit wildlife hospital ...

There has always been information about wild animals passed down through generations that, while passed off as facts, turn out to be nothing more than tall tales or myths. A few likely started out ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Great Plains Nature Center Director Amanda Alessi brought in Peanut, a Virginia opossum, to KSN’s Wild Side Tuesday afternoon. Opossums are the only marsupial in North America. ...

The Wildlife Center of Virginia has a new furry face on its ambassador team: a male opossum who came to the Waynesboro center in October. The opossum’s new role as ambassador soon became clear when ...

Although many wild mammals tend to lead secretive lives and are rarely seen, nature always provides exceptions! There are several species which have learned to live quite successfully around humans ...

Roanoke – The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center has welcomed a new ambassador opossum, and it needs a name. The male opossum suffers from metabolic bone disease due to being kept as an illegal pet ...