Possums are a good ally to have in your yard — they kill an estimated 5,000 ticks a season and catch and eat cockroaches, rats and mice. They are also resistant to snake venom, the National ...

The "choco-holic" opossum turned out to also be dealing with lead toxicity, according to those who treated her ...

Another way to be considerate to opossums who might appear in your yard in any season, according to Karvonen? “Be aware of what your pets are doing. Since they ‘play dead,’ opossums don’t ...

Crabapple trees don’t normally grow too big, so they’re good for small back yards ... there’s still wildlife activity in the yard at night. Several opossums continue to come onto the ...

An opossum was treated at a Nebraska animal hospital after wandering into a family's back yard and gorging itself on an entire chocolate mousse cake from Cosco.

The character named John Brewster responded, “I’ll try.” ...

DALLAS, Texas — A North Dallas resident captured a rare and intense wildlife encounter outside his home, witnessing a determined opossum face off against a coyote on his front lawn in a classic ...