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

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.

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 ...

It’s unclear where the opossum was headed, or if it had cash for the toll in its pouch. The opossum, shortly before its capture on the Mackinac Bridge. Photo courtesy of the Mackinac Bridge ...

How old do you think this baby is? Fun fact: When possums are born, they remain in their mother’s pouch for about two-and-a-half months. At around 55 to 70 days, their eyes finally open.

Two of the six sugar glider possums found dumped in a box outside a Lidl supermarket have babies in their pouches, health checks have revealed. Sugar gliders - which have a thin membrane of skin ...

The deputy saw an opossum lying dead in the road, and remembered baby opossums can survive in their mother's pouch for hours after she's died, the agency said. Donald Trump Gives DOGE Update as ...

It turned out that the opossum was carrying babies estimated to be about a month old in her pouch and had wounds on her paws and tail. She was treated at WildCare, a San Rafael non-profit ...

To compound this problem, some teats are smaller than others and don't get used. As a result, the average number of young an opossum ends up carrying in her pouch is nine. When the babies become ...

The California Highway Patrol entered into an "extremely slow-speed pursuit" when an opossum was found trying to cross the upper deck of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco.

How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America’s National Toy In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by ...