A "choco-holic" opossum who went to town on a Nebraska family's Costco chocolate cake just days before Valentine's Day is now ...

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 ...

The opossum is the only marsupial native to North America and can be found throughout the southern part of the United States.