Two wombs, a forked penis, and giving birth through the nose. These are just a few of the bizarre stories circulating about ...

All of the proceeds from this 18-month calendar go to help Gulf Coast wildlife rehabs Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

Mar. 24—It's not that Griffin Dill has anything against opossums. The director of the University of Maine Tick Lab just wants to set the record straight: North America's only marsupial is not a ...

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 ...

I just found a new opossum to obsess over! Meet Mama Odie, a sweet opossum who lives at the Keeper of the Wild Wildlife ...

“Opossums are known for feigning death, or pretending to be dead, whenever they feel threatened or scared. This behavior is mostly displayed by young opossums. Adults will bare their teeth, hiss, ...

Last year, Vivien Deal-Sosa was studying state symbols with her fourth grade class in Chesterfield, New Hampshire when she had an idea: why not make the Virginia opossum, North America’s only native ...

Opossums are nocturnal critters that may repel and disgust many, but they could be a important factor in keeping ticks and Lyme disease at bay. Mild winters can trigger a tick explosion in the summer ...

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 ...