The Virginia opossum is North America’s only marsupial (a mammal that carries its young in a pouch) and is native to the southern U.S. However, it’s been staging an invasion into Canada ...

The researchers extrapolated from this that a wild opossum could potentially eat around 5,500 ticks per week during tick ...

But our new research shows common brushtail possums – often thought to be herbivores – also dine on animal carcasses. Understanding when and where brushtail possums scavenge is important.

It has a name, the President, bestowed about 90 years ago by admiring humans. It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron giganteum, one of several surviving species of redwoods.

In the end, though, it was just a "giant opossum that was under the house", she testified. But the story also veered away from the business records that are key to the case. Still, Mr Saland said ...

Filled with fun new adventures, follow Sally and Possum as they explore, discover, and learn about the world around them using Australian Sign Language (Auslan). Early Stage 1 English ABC iview Home ...

In the world's only jarrah forests a US aluminium giant has been mining bauxite for 60 years. Scientists say the damage may ...

The Mekong giant catfish is the official freshwater heavyweight champion of the world. According to the Guinness Book of Records, a nine-foot-long individual caught in northern Thailand in 2005 ...

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