More commonly seen from dusk to dawn, the Virginia opossum in the accompanying video was out and about at midday in a Pennsylvania field. The opossum, also known as the possum, is the only marsupial ...

When one hears the word “marsupial,” the opossum doesn’t usually come to mind. But the Virginia opossum is actually the only marsupial native to North America. These passive animals are often quite ...

When she makes her nighttime appearance—in a leafy corner of the yard, maybe, or along a power line slung across an alley—you’ll see her eyes first, two bright-greenish orbs, floating side by side in ...

In the United States, the species most people encounter is the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana). They are North ...

While some might find them gross, you could say that the animals we associate with garbage like opossums and raccoons are ecological success stories. We humans drastically change our environments ...