A carpet python was found attempting to eat a possum that had three babies in its pouch. "When we arrived the possums were already dead. The snake is fine. But the possum was too big for the snake to ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sent an award to a Pinellas County deputy on Monday for his quick thinking that saved the lives of seven baby opossums whose ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- An opossum with babies was rescued from the Bay Bridge during Monday's morning commute. The babies were only about a month old and still in their mom's pouch. They were ...

A photo still from Harris County Constable Precinct 5's video. (Harris County Constable Precinct 5/Facebook, Harris County Constable Precinct 5) HOUSTON – An opossum’s litter was rescued near a Briar ...

CYNTHIANA, Ky. (WKYT) - Ever find a baby opossum? If so, it might need your help. Unlike other wildlife, mama opossums will accidentally leave their joeys behind. It’s that time of the year when you ...

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 ...

She's known as the Opossum Queen and she cares for hundreds of injured and orphaned opossums each year. With spring being the time opossums raise their young, she is all but overwhelmed right now.

Years ago, when I worked at a nature center in Connecticut licensed to care for injured and orphaned wildlife, a baby opossum was brought to us. It was found lying on a golf course, and was too young ...

Marin is absolutely bursting with new life right now: flowers blooming, birds singing, bees and butterflies appearing, and, of course, wildlife babies being born. During spring, Marin plays host to a ...

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 ...