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

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 ...

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 ...

When Basil the Virginia opossum arrived at the National Zoo over the summer, he had been injured by a predator attack, lost one eye, and was unlikely to survive in the wild due to his injuries. Now, D ...

DEAR JOAN: Recently, we had an unusual sighting in our backyard — a mother opossum carrying her babies. Is there anything that we can or should do to help protect the mother and her babies? Jennifer W ...

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 ...

It turns out that Grubby the opossum — who hitched a ride to Alaska in a shipping container in March — had babies. State biologists say they captured a male opossum Thursday near Homer City Hall. The ...