A few days ago, I was walking along Fernwood Road in Bethesda, in a neighborhood full of office buildings and parking lots. It was not a setting where you'd expect to see animals, except as hood ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Possums can be the subject of cute fascination, morbid curiosity (quite literally, these creatures play dead as a defense ...

The names may sound interchangeable, but these marsupials are not the same.

Chances are, you’ve seen an opossum — known by many as a “possum” — in the headlights of your car or at the edge of your yard, startled by the motion-activated floodlight on your back porch. Maybe it ...

These misunderstood nighttime visitors quietly clean up waste, eat garden pests, and help keep backyard ecosystems in balance.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Animal Services (AAS) said opossum baby season was coming soon and offered some tips on how to tell if a baby opossum really needs help. “As mating season ramps up, you may ...

This image was taken during the day (the Virginia opossum is mostly nocturnal). The mother is carrying nine young on her back. New Hampshire has an official state marsupial: the Virginia opossum. That ...

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. Worms, frogs, ...

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. “Opossums are ...

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. Worms, frogs, ...