Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A teen held a wild possum up by his neck and brought it into the house to show her parents. The possum did what possums do, ...

We all know that animals “play dead” in certain situations. But do you know the reasons behind the “feigning death” phenomenon? “Playing dead,” or “feigning death,” is common in the animal kingdom, ...

A study led by scientists from the University of Bristol reveals what animals do after they have feigned death in order to avoid being killed by a predator and what the context of this behavior is.