When her rescuers found her, they discovered that she had two babies still alive in her pouch. Normally, opossums can have up to 11 babies, so since Mama Odie had only two, it’s likely something ...

When, at various times, scientists reported cases of kangaroo and opossum babies crawling up their mothers’ inclined bodies into the incubating pouches by themselves, most of their colleagues ...

Virginia opossums are the only marsupial species in the U.S. "Their little babies live in the mother's pouch until they get ...

As marsupials, opossums can carry up to 13 babies in their pouch. When the joeys grow too big to fit, they cling to mom’s back as she ambles along. Opossums also have an opposable “thumb” on ...

When CBS News Texas visited North Texas Wildlife Center, a baby opossum that had been attacked by a dog was brought in by a local family. Rebecca Hamlin, president of the North Texas Wildlife ...

A voice in the clip says, "What is that? Is that an opossum? Is that a baby opossum? What the hell is that?" as the camera points toward a small opossum-like animal running on a dirt patch ...

The attorney representing Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis is telling Jim Jordan to “calm down,” while ...

North Carolina author Grey Wolfe LaJoie’s experimental debut collection of stories and musings “Little Ones” centers on the experiences of animals, children and other beings that life seems to have ...

It took her just a day to figure out that her MassWildlife team had made a huge miscalculation trying to force Nibi back into ...

Mark Kinsler opines on the small ecosystem around his house including the squirrels who are having a bounty of acorns.

But mother, it seemed, was not ready to let baby go. For 17 days in the summer of 2018, the orca swam with her offspring ...

In the midst of the action, the possum was there just long enough for Caitlin to spot the foot of a baby poking out of its pouch. Quick reactions allowed Caitlin to photograph the brief moment that ...