Are raccoons dangerous?: How to protect yourself and your pets Are these backyard creatures possums or opossums? Do they mean the same thing? Is it wrong to use one name or the other? If you’ve ...

Opossums also offer a benefit that our urban raccoons don’t. They can digest almost anything — including a dead animal’s bones — and in doing so, they help remove dangerous pathogens from ...

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 ...

With its rat-like tail and hairless ears, the humble opossum doesn’t get a lot of respect. But North America’s only native marsupial, or pouched animal, plays a valuable role in nature.

Downward ‘possum might not be a traditional yoga pose but Shadow, Twig and Flapjack are trying to change that. In a unique event, Humane Indiana Wildlife’s three opossum ambassadors joined a ...