The Virginia opossum is the only marsupial native to the United States. Opossums are not a threat to humans or pets and are highly resistant to rabies. Though often called possums, true possums are a ...

Blossum, a Virginia opossum, served as an animal ambassador at the Florida Wildlife Hospital. She was euthanized at nearly three years old due to age-related health complications. During her life, she ...

Florida's invasive Burmese python may have met its match with the opossum. USA TODAY Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: ...

In an especially adorable use of everyone's time, the still-bustling Minecraft subreddit has saved the day - yesterday, specifically - by helping a father locate his daughter's missing monument in the ...

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This ambitious build gathers every animal in Minecraft into one carefully designed zoo. Each habitat is customized to suit the creature’s environment, from farm animals to rare mobs. Constructed in ...

March 31 (UPI) --An opossum that stowed away on a north-bound cargo ship has a new permanent home at the Alaska Zoo. Juneau Animal Rescue received a call recently reporting an opossum on the loose in ...

Someone was playing possum — or stuffed animal. Among plush kangaroos, dingoes and Tasmanian devils ready to be bought by parents of antsy children, a live brushtail possum waited in a gift shop at an ...

Rat lungworm, a parasite that can infect certain animals and humans and prove fatal, was found in wild opossums, rats and a wallaby at the San Diego Zoo, according to a new study published by the U.S.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - A Sonoran opossum's journey from injury to recovery has captured the attention of the Tucson Wildlife Center. Last October, the center's intake team received a call about an ...