Mothers have the hardest job in the world. Caring for babies is full-time work, and this labor extends to the animal world. In this Instagram video, a mother possum is seen carrying upwards of a dozen ...

Cayla Iske, Director of Nutrition at Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium, explains how the Omaha zoo feeds over 39,000 animals daily. Apparently, neither man nor beast can resist the gooey goodness of a ...

A Bloomington, Indiana resident has been leaving gourmet leftovers on his porch for a neighborhood opossum. Opossums are non-aggressive scavengers with a diverse diet, often found in wooded areas near ...

MACKINAW CITY, MI - Maybe this little critter didn’t get the memo about no pedestrians allowed on the Mackinac Bridge? An opossum was spotted walking across Michigan’s landmark bridge. It had to be ...

An intrepid expedition team set off in 2018 to look for a mysterious species of squirrel in the Peruvian Andes. What they found instead was a brand-new species of opossum. “I realized immediately that ...

Finding an opossum on your deck can catch you off guard, but there’s usually no need to panic. Opossums are shy, gentle animals that prefer to avoid conflict and will typically move on once they feel ...