RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — There is only one kind of marsupial found north of Mexico — and it bears Virginia’s namesake. The Virginia opossum is the full name of the fuzzy little creature many ...

The Virginia opossum is North America’s only marsupial (a mammal that carries its young in a pouch) and is native to the southern U.S. However, it’s been staging an invasion into Canada ...

Virginia opossums are the only marsupial species in the U.S. "Their little babies live in the mother's pouch until they get big enough, and then they ride on her back," says Mizejewski. "It's super ...

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Far down the evolutionary scale of mammals are the marsupials (pouch-bearers). The Western Hemisphere’s only pouch-bearer, the opossum, is the lowest marsupial of all. Its young, born after a ...

Possums, those beady-eyed backyard scavengers ... Graves said that people often misunderstand the housecat-sized marsupials. “They’ve been regarded as useless pests, ones who transmit rabies ...

Raccoons and possums are often confused with one another. After all, they’re both likely to spend some time sifting through ...

possums played possum for an average of two minutes, six seconds. Then Dr. Lowenbach and Dr. John Andrews Ritchie gave the marsupials standard electric-shock treatments. After ten doses the ...

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As soon as its meal was munched, the possum climbed up to hide in the rafters. This nocturnal marsupial, native to Australia, is widespread and locally abundant. Its long, sharp claws are made for ...

Rescuers have issued a desperate plea for help from Australians after a heartbreaking situation involving our national icons ...