More commonly seen from dusk to dawn, the Virginia opossum in the accompanying video was out and about at midday in a Pennsylvania field. The opossum, also known as the possum, is the only marsupial ...

When she makes her nighttime appearance—in a leafy corner of the yard, maybe, or along a power line slung across an alley—you’ll see her eyes first, two bright-greenish orbs, floating side by side in ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 24—It's not that Griffin Dill has anything against opossums. The director of the University of Maine Tick Lab just wants to ...