A New Hampshire senator, with help from a fifth grade class, is trying to make the Virginia opossum the Granite State's official marsupial.

While the animal may be seen drooling or swaying, which can spark fear of rabies, opossums are extremely resistant to the ...

The Virginia opossum is North America’s only marsupial (a mammal that carries its young in a pouch) and is native to the southern U.S. However, it’s been staging an invasion into Canada ...

Opossums are native to North America and pose a significant risk to Hawaii’s native wildlife. Ag officials added that although opossums are less likely to carry rabies than other mammals ...

The Virginia opossum (Didel-phis virginiana), a marsupial, is native to North America and is often considered to be untamable. There are local instances of young opossums being raised as pets ...

Animal kingdoms have many animals with unique species and name, Here are 6 animals whose name starts with letter V. Velvet ...

Downward ‘possum might not be a traditional yoga pose but Shadow, Twig and Flapjack are trying to change that. In a unique event, Humane Indiana Wildlife’s three opossum ambassadors joined a ...

Overall, it looks softer and furrier than the opossums found in North America. The brushtail possum seen on a trail camera at Bowra Sanctuary. Photo from the Australian Wildlife Conservancy The ...

Last year, Vivien Deal-Sosa was studying state symbols with her fourth grade class in Chesterfield, New Hampshire when she had an idea: why not make the Virginia opossum, North America’s only ...