Now’s the time of year people might glimpse an opossum along roadsides, scurrying past campsites or through backyards searching for food and possibly carrying a young brood of babies. These ...

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 ...

Animal rights activists hand delivered to the solicitor's office this week a petition, with 25,000 signatures, urging felony charges in a local animal abuse case. Beth Sparks and Connie Welborn Reese, ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A deputy rescued eight baby possums after their mother was killed on Wednesday. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Baldwin was on patrol when he ...

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 ...

Did you know that some people keep opossums as pets? Proving that there is a lid for every pot, this rescue opossum and his family are celebrating his third birthday—quite a feat for the short-lived ...

Austin Wildlife Rescue said it recently received five orphaned opossums that were found all alone.

An opossum mom was carrying her babies when she was hit with an arrow in Pasadena, California. The arrow was removed, and she’s recovering. Pasadena Humane An opossum mom was reunited with her seven ...