Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Possums are generally not dangerous to people. The common stereotype about this species playing dead is true — their ...

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 ...

"My parents and brothers had just gotten home, and my little brother (in the camo jacket) happened to spot an opossum but didn ... feature is being axed Dangerous Pacific Palisades fire threatens ...