If ‘Teddy Bear,’ why not ‘Billy Possum’?” That was the question posed by a political cartoon in the January 10, 1909, issue of the Atlanta Constitution. Inspired by a highly anticipated “possums and ...

The California Highway Patrol entered into an "extremely slow-speed pursuit" when an opossum was found trying to cross the ...

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.

The Virginia opossum is North America’s only marsupial (a mammal that carries its young in a pouch) and is native to the southern U.S. However, it’s been staging an invasion into Canada ...

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 ...

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

patenting a “toy in the form of an opossum carrying its young” that would feature a pouch full of baby opossums. Almost as soon as production began, it stalled when Billy Possum landed in the ...