When her rescuers found her, they discovered that she had two babies still alive in her pouch. Normally, opossums can have up to 11 babies, so since Mama Odie had only two, it’s likely something ...

Virginia opossums are the only marsupial species in the U.S. "Their little babies live in the mother's pouch until they get ...

As marsupials, opossums can carry up to 13 babies in their pouch. When the joeys grow too big to fit, they cling to mom’s back as she ambles along. Opossums also have an opposable “thumb” on ...

A New Hampshire senator, with help from a fifth grade class, is trying to make the Virginia opossum the Granite State's official marsupial.

The Virginia opossum (Didel-phis virginiana), a marsupial, is native to North America and is often considered to be untamable. There are local instances of young opossums being raised as pets ...

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 ...

In a unique event, Humane Indiana Wildlife’s three opossum ambassadors joined a yoga class held indoors at the Art Barn near Valparaiso on Friday evening. Most of the monthly “Poses with ...

So the opossum, thanks to its poo, lives to see another day. Baby beetles protect themselves with their poo To ward off predators, potato beetle and other beetle larvae get to work as soon as they ...

Sand Mountain Sam Makes His Weather Prediction.... 1/31/2025 We know..... It is not groundhog day yet... That is Sunday, but who needs a groundhog? The idea that a whistle pig, woodchuck, whatever you ...