Giddyap: At 2 months of age, opossum young emerge from their mother's pouch and hitch a ride on her back as she waddles about for food. Learn everything you need to know about opossum facts ...

Opossums tend to be shy and want nothing to do with people. So it's easy for people to claim they're mean, rabid or a nuisance when they run into one around their home.

An opossum was hospitalized after it ate an entire Costco cake left on the deck of a Nebraska real estate agent's home in a moment that became viral. The animal was hospitalized and is expected to ...

Habitat. The common opossum and Virginia opossum are found in the United States, Mexico, Central America, South America and Canada. Though they aren't picky about where they hang out, ...

13 Facts About Opossums. Opossums get a bad rap, but they’re actually smarter, cleaner, and more beneficial to people than many of their woodland comrades. By Michele Debczak | ...

2. They're All Thumbs . Just like humans and other primates, the possum has the equivalent of opposable thumbs. Called a hallux, each of the opossum’s big toes on its hindfeet are opposable ...

Until now, Victorians believed their state was the sole home for Leadbeater's possum, their critically endangered state faunal emblem. This tiny marsupial is clinging to life in a few pockets of ...

They scream and laugh as the opossum, engulfed in flames, writhes in pain for over a minute before keeling over, seemingly dead, the video shows.

But one Eagle Scout candidate has not only embraced Shelby Township’s Burgess-Shadbush Center’s opossum but has created a state-of-the-art habitat for her inside the center. Her being Lily the ...

Believe it or not, opossums are immune from the venom of all “pit vipers” such as rattlesnakes, copperheads and water moccasins. And they actually seek out and munch on those critters, too.

Red Dead Redemption 2’s Master Hunter 9 Challenge tasks you to “kill an Opossum playing possum.” Good news: Opossums tend to play possum a lot. Bad news: It’s hard to find Opossums. Best ...

Scientists have mapped the genetic composition of a marsupial mammal, the South American grey, short-tailed opossum, gaining insight into the role of "junk DNA" in human evolution and into immune ...