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 ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Firefighters with the Charleston Fire Department (CFD) rescued two juvenile opossums and their mother from a car fender. According to the CFD, Rescue 115 received a ...

VIRGINIA BEACH -- Four baby opossums orphaned when their mother was hit by a car are now thriving under the care of a surrogate mom. The Opossum Society of the United States said the successful ...

Occurred on April 22, 2025 / Los Angeles, California, USA Info from Licensor: "A mother opossum carries ten opossum babies on her back as she navigates a woman's backyard patio in Los Angeles. (Some ...

Sometimes Mother Nature gives us a moment that stops us in our tracks, which was the case for an Oklahoma family who had some surprise visitors in their backyard. Take a look at this cell phone video.

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 ...