A Virginia opossum mother carries her young on her back on a forest floor in spring. This week on Discover Nature, we take a look at Missouri’s cousin to the kangaroo. The Didelphis virginiana, or the ...
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 drivers see ...
The SPCA Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is asking for the public’s help in saving orphaned opossum babies across Monterey County. Every spring, typically between February and June, female ...
Mothers have the hardest job in the world. Caring for babies is full-time work, and this labor extends to the animal world. In this Instagram video, a mother possum is seen carrying upwards of a dozen ...
Just to be clear, female opossums do not give birth by sneezing babies into their pouch from their nostrils, as was once widely believed. If anything, it’s more bizarre than that. Ah, the poor ...
Most of us have heard the phrase “playing possum,” whether we know what a possum is or not. What many Americans call a possum is in fact an opossum. While that “o” might not seem like a big deal, it ...
If there were ever a misunderstood animal, it is the opossum. They’re not cute. They hang around our garbage and stress out our dogs late at night when they’re creeping along the fence or around the ...
The SPCA Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is asking for the public’s help in saving orphaned opossum babies across Monterey County. Every spring, typically between February and June, female ...
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