If faced with a threat it can’t escape, a possum will play dead, says Owen. The opossum will fall over, its tongue will hang out, it will drool, slow its breathing and emit a noxious odor that ...

In contrast to Rob Ford’s characterization of these animals as “vicious,” an opossum’s typical response to being threatened is possibly the most benign in the animal kingdom: they fall ...

A wayward opossum that was discovered walking on the Bay Bridge in February has been released into the wild after being treated at a San Rafael wildlife rescue center. In an "extremely slow-speed ...

A woman became a honky-tonk hero when she humanely removed an opossum from Banita Creek Hall in Nacogdoches, Texas One opossum found out the hard way that marsupials and dance halls don't mix.