The poor opossum - this often misunderstood marsupial suffers from an image problem. It is sometimes perceived as a giant, dirty, scavenging rat rather than an interesting creature of the wild. But ...

With a nearly hairless, scaly tail, a mouth full of teeth, the ability to “play dead” and its I-don’t-give-a-dang attitude, the opossum might be one of the most unique mammals waddling around Nebraska ...

Unlike the cliche, familiarity doesn't seem to breed contempt. It breeds indifference instead. Why else would we take so little interest in one of the most fascinating of Alabama's wildife - the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — There is only one kind of marsupial found north of Mexico — and it bears Virginia’s namesake. The Virginia opossum is the full name of the fuzzy little creature many drivers see ...