A brushtail possum is rescued after losing access to its natural habitat following nearby tree removal. The story shows how ...

This old-fashioned possum pie hides a chocolate mousse layer and a cream cheese layer below a fluffy whipped topping, and is ...

Opossums belong to a lineage that stretches back more than seventy million years. Fossil evidence shows their ancient relatives shared the planet with dinosaurs, and they have changed remarkably ...

I saw an opossum today coming out of an old pile of sticks and logs at the back of my property. I already battle the deer and rabbits in my garden, and I was worried that I don’t have much fight left ...

Have you ever wondered how long possums live? This post will provide you with answer and assess the various factors that affect their lifespans. A large Virginai opossum bedded down in leaves and ...

Something has been quietly emptying the Everglades. Burmese pythons — some stretching past 13 feet — have spent decades working through South Florida’s food web, consuming mammals faster than ...

“The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.” - P.G. Wodenhouse My nearest and dearest neighbor has walked this land for better than ...

If you're excited to see birds outside your window or while gardening, you've probably gotten a feeder and some seed and chosen the best place to hang a bird feeder in your yard. While you may be ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaska Zoo has named its newest resident “Meatball,” a juvenile male opossum who was caught in a trap Thursday at a business near the Juneau airport and delivered to the ...

On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out: Its big brown eyes were moving. A browsing passenger first spotted a living ...

New evidence of the world’s smallest possum has emerged hundreds of kilometers from where it’s known to occur in southern Australia — a finding that potentially extends the range of this locally ...

Here is recorded version of this blog, if you prefer to listen to it: Common Brushtail Possum Source: Public Domain It is 3 a.m., and I am awake in Australia, my body stubbornly refusing to adjust to ...