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 ...

Raccoons and possums are often confused with one another. After all, they’re both likely to spend some time sifting through ...

Just like their marsupial relatives, female opossums, called jills, carry joeys in their pouches. From opposable toes to an ...

Meet the new Dakota Zoo Ambassador Animal, Polly the Opossum. This little lady hopes to educate and break the stereotypes ...

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

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 ...

The grey, short-tailed opossum (Monodelphus domestica) has become the first metatherian (marsupial) to have its genome sequenced. The draft sequence sheds light on genome evolution in eutherian ...

MUCH work has been done on delayed implantation in macropod marsupials and it is now known ... arid the entry of the neonatus into the pouch. Although copulation will now occur, the new foetus ...

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 ... As soon as its meal ...

For those reasons, most scientists regard the pouch strategy as archaic ... remain much less common than other mammals. Opossums and other marsupials exist in North and South America, but ...

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 ...