Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Opossums, also known as possums, are nocturnal creatures that often feed on insects, small rodents, and plant material. They can ...

Most of us have heard the phrase “playing possum,” whether we know what a possum is or not. What many Americans call a possum is in fact an opossum. While that “o” might not seem like a big deal, it ...

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Two wombs, a forked penis, and giving birth through the nose. These are just a few of the bizarre stories circulating about the reproductive biology of the Virginia opossum. This beady-eyed, big-eared ...

A few weeks ago I wrote about a mammal I saw on my way to the mailbox. I asked readers to guess its identity. It was a plains pocket gopher. Some of the guesses included beaver, shrew and opossum. The ...

A woman became a honky-tonk hero when she humanely removed an opossum from Banita Creek Hall in Nacogdoches, Texas One opossum found out the hard way that marsupials and dance halls don't mix. On ...