Possums can be the subject of cute fascination, morbid curiosity (quite literally, these creatures play dead as a defense mechanism) or a nuisance to homeowners. Perhaps your knowledge of possums ...

About the size of a cat, possums (real name, Opossum, but most of us drop the O) are North America’s only marsupial and can be found throughout most of the United States. Though a shy, nocturnal ...

The origins of consciousness date back about 540 million years ago, when animal bodies became more complex. Feelings like ...

If you think possums are funny-looking, threatening pests that should be destroyed if they set so much as a paw on your property, you're probably in the majority. However, you are still sorely ...

Nothing can turn your stomach after breakfast like having possums get up in your grill. Usually when wildlife darts across our backyard, my younger son points and shouts, "Deer!" or "Robin!" or "Bunny ...

Grunting, growling, hissing, screeching: if your home is making these noises, you probably have possums. YOU’RE DRIFTING OFF to sleep when, suddenly, there’s a bump and a thump and an unearthly shriek ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. People everywhere have problems keeping animals and birds out of their homes. Rabbits, cockatoos, wallabies, deer, moose ... Once in ...

Far away from their mountainous homes, a rare colony of endangered pygmy possums are getting ready for a warming climate. Australia's only hibernating mammal, the Mountain Pygmy Possum, is only found ...

Animal sanctuaries and wildlife rehabilitation centers are the unsung heroes of the animal world, but they aren't the only way that animals can get help when needed. Anyone can save a life when in the ...

They won’t eat each other, and the family of marsupials does not seem to mind that the lizard is using them for warmth. By Anthony Ham When Alex Hams, a land conservation manager at Bush Heritage ...