An overstuffed opossum couldn't move after eating most of a Costco chocolate mousse cake. Rescuers discovered another surprising health issue and may have saved her life.

I grew up in a place that doesn't have opossums. So when I finally saw one in my 30s, it was a real treat — a treat that kept on giving, as it turned out, because he started living under my house.

But that’s where the similarities between the opossum and rodent end. As marsupials, opossums can carry up to 13 babies in their pouch. When the joeys grow too big to fit, they cling to mom’s ...

Discover how black bears, raccoons, and opossums survive Michigan’s frost — through torpor, denning and foraging.

Every spring, female opossums hold babies in their pouches growing strong and healthy. Sadly, some of these mother opossums ...

From opossums to caterpillars, there are many practical uses for poo. Just as we all experience birth and death, every living animal on this earth poops. Through evolution, the rich diversity of ...