Now’s the time of year people might glimpse an opossum along roadsides, scurrying past campsites or through backyards searching for food and possibly carrying a young brood of babies. These ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- An opossum with babies was rescued from the Bay Bridge during Monday's morning commute. The babies were only about a month old and still in their mom's pouch. They were ...

The SPCA Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is asking for the public’s help in saving orphaned opossum babies across Monterey County. Every spring, typically between February and June, female ...

Two wombs, a forked penis, and giving birth through the nose. These are just a few of the bizarre stories circulating about ...

Years ago, when I worked at a nature center in Connecticut licensed to care for injured and orphaned wildlife, a baby opossum was brought to us. It was found lying on a golf course, and was too young ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sent an award to a Pinellas County deputy on Monday for his quick thinking that saved the lives of seven baby opossums whose ...

A photo still from Harris County Constable Precinct 5's video. (Harris County Constable Precinct 5/Facebook, Harris County Constable Precinct 5) HOUSTON – An opossum’s litter was rescued near a Briar ...

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Far down the evolutionary scale of mammals are the marsupials (pouch-bearers). The Western Hemisphere’s only pouch-bearer, the opossum, is the lowest marsupial of all. Its young, born after a ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -- A mother opossum and her babies are adorably celebrating life and love this Mother's Day at an animal rescue center in California. When they were first brought to WildCare in San ...