Mothers have the hardest job in the world. Caring for babies is full-time work, and this labor extends to the animal world.

The striped possum is very rarely seen in Australia, but not hard to find in New Guinea, where it’s far more widespread. It’s also found on a few of the tiny nearby islands, including Serui and Waigeo ...

A mother opossum can give birth to as many as 20 tiny babies (called joeys), but since she only has 13 teats in her pouch, only up to 13 can survive and continue developing.

I found an adorable new creature to obsess over! Meet the yapok, also known as a "water opossum" - the only marsupial adapted ...

The North Texas Wildlife Center faces closure in 60 days if it can't find a new, larger location to support its rapidly ...

If they survive, the joeys live in their mother’s pouch and nurse from a teat for between 70 and 125 days. While many young joeys do not survive that long, up to 13 of them can attach to their mother ...

An Abilene man was killed during an outing on Possum Kingdom Lake on June 6. The Texas Parks and Wildlife department said in a press release that Texas game wardens, officers from the Palo Pinto ...