This year, a Tasmanian yard that hadn’t been watered in 10 years and featured a dead brushtail possum won the title of ugliest lawn in the world. The contest, organized by the island of Gotland in ...

A cute fluffy common brushtail possum on a banana tree, Brisbane, Australia. Source: iStockphoto / miwa_in_oz/Getty Images/iStockphoto Have you ever heard a thumping and screeching sound in your roof?

Similarly, in Australia, various species of possums, like the common brushtail and common ringtail possums, have become a staple in both natural and human-altered landscapes. They exhibit ...

This particular night, the possums stuck their heads out to look at their photographer. The common brushtail possum is a small and adaptable marsupial – a mammal with a pouch. It occurs naturally in ...

On Feb. 10, during the chaotic Carnival celebration in the French Quarter, agents of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department seized a pet opossum named Saffron from its owner, William Voiles.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The saga of Saffron the opossum continues. It has been nearly three months, and the question remains whether or not its owner, William Voiles, will ever get his pet back.

Possums or opossums are unique animals found in the Americas. Though they resemble rodents such as rats, with their long hairless tails and whiskered snouts, scientifically, they are classified as ...

This comes after investigators say they set a possum on fire in Clarendon County, videotaping the incident, and then putting it on social media for all to see. While scrolling on social media over ...

We have in our landscape several lovely creatures who adore eating them and one of these, my favorite, is the opossum, or possum if you prefer. They answer to either. Spring is also, not ...

including invasive Australian brushtail possums introduced from across the ditch by European settlers as a source of food and pelts. Inside Orokonui, a Maori name which roughly translates as ...

MAULDIN, S.C. (WSPA) – A baby opossum was caught walking across an ice cooler in the bar section of an Upstate restaurant. A restaurant-goer said she caught the baby opossum on video about two ...

This particular night, the possums stuck their heads out to look at their photographer. The common brushtail possum is a small and adaptable marsupial – a mammal with a pouch. It occurs naturally in ...