Raccoons and possums are often confused with one another. After all, they’re both likely to spend some time sifting through ...

“Be aware of what your pets are doing. Since they ‘play dead,’ opossums don’t do well when it comes to predators.” So give a thought to the plucky opossum and if you’re lucky enough to ...

Or it may move in under your crawl space, porch or shed.” If a rascally possum does become a problem, here's how to get rid ...

Forty-five red-tailed phascogales were reintroduced into the Gawler Ranges National Park on the northern Eyre Peninsula in ...

Despite the rodent-inspired name of Arkansas' possum pie, it isn't a far cry from the family of other Southern confectionery ...

Known for "playing possum," this animal impersonates a dead person to elude predators by giving off a sickly smell and ...

Playing Possum,” a new book by the philosopher Susana Monsó, explores the mysteries of grief and mourning in the animal world ...

Caitlin Henderson (Australia) finds an unexpected guest on her balcony as a possum snacks on a large cicada. ‘There were heads here, wings there,’ Caitlin says. The kitchen lights had lured insects, ...

BANKS PENINSULA, New Zealand—Armed with a .22-caliber rifle, a GPS tracker and a dog named Scmack, Jason Millichamp set off ...

Regardless of region, possums scavenged exclusively in closed canopy habitats under the trees, probably for protection from predators and other scavengers such as dingoes, red foxes, and wedge ...

In spite of its nationwide fame, the huemul (or south Andean deer) teetered on the brink of extinction just a few years ago.