Last year, Vivien Deal-Sosa was studying state symbols with her fourth grade class in Chesterfield, New Hampshire when she had an idea: why not make the Virginia opossum, North America’s only native ...

I was home, sick, and I had gotten up at about 7 a.m., which is late for me. Feeling somewhat dejected, I was sitting at the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — There is only one kind of marsupial found north of Mexico — and it bears Virginia’s namesake. The Virginia opossum is the full name of the fuzzy little creature many drivers see ...

There has always been information about wild animals passed down through generations that, while passed off as facts, turn out to be nothing more than tall tales or myths. A few likely started out ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Norman Nubs, a tail-less Virginia Opossum, is just 5 months old. Referred to as "lil nub$" by the Ijams Nature Center staff, Norman wouldn't survive in the wild without a tail.

MIAMI (WSVN) - Miami’s Pelican Harbor Seabird Station celebrated a major rescue milestone, but their furry little arrival is no ordinary patient. He isn’t even a bird. The nonprofit wildlife hospital ...

What mammal has the most teeth in North America, is resistant to snake venom and might live in your home? If you didn’t guess the Virginia opossum, you were wrong. These pint-sized critters have quite ...

WAYNESBORO, Va. (WRIC) — The Wildlife Center of Virginia has announced the name of its new male opossum that has joined its ambassador team after an “overwhelming” amount of voting responses. On ...

Although many wild mammals tend to lead secretive lives and are rarely seen, nature always provides exceptions! There are several species which have learned to live quite successfully around humans ...

CHARLES CITY COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — About a month ago, Chickahominy Wildlife admitted an opossum with extensive injuries into the Wildlife Center of Virginia. The opossum suffered two fractures in her ...