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

A teen held a wild possum up by his neck and brought it into the house to show her parents. The possum did what possums do, "playing possum," meaning pretending to be dead. It is a natural defense ...

My neighbor found an opossum in his back yard, and his mid-size poodle was barking furiously at it. Instead of getting the poodle into the house, the man got a piece of board and clubbed the opossum ...

The Holy Spirit always surprises us. That is because the Spirit is like a possum. He plays dead until he is not. I began this month’s Theology on Tap as I always do. I took a sip of my gin and tonic ...

In “Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death,” Susana Monsó, a professor of philosophy at the National Distance Education University in Madrid, argues that although humans are unique in our ...

When you think of an animal playing dead, especially in North America, you probably picture the Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), commonly known in the region simply as a possum. It’s such an ...

I met him about two months ago. It could be longer. You know how time has a way of slipping away without notice. You think something happened a week ago but when you check the calendar you realize ...

All plants go through periods of dormancy. Learn how to tell if your plants are going dormant, dying, or dead.