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 ...

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 ...

The Wildlife Center of Virginia made the difficult decision Saturday to euthanize an animal ambassador for several health ...

A hungry opossum with an unrivaled sweet tooth is on the road to recovery after eating an entire chocolate cake from Costco, an animal rehabilitation center posted. "This Virginia opossum was ...

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 ...

The Virginia opossum — the only marsupial species in the U.S. — was treated by doctors at the Baldwin Wildlife Center and Hubbard Family Wildlife Hospital after being brought in "panting" yet ...

Basil, the one-eyed opossum who called the Smithsonian National Zoo home, has died. "We are very sad to share that Basil—a rescued Virginia opossum who was favorite of many Small Mammal House ...

Roanoke – The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center has welcomed a new ambassador opossum, and it needs a name. The male opossum suffers from metabolic bone disease due to being kept as an illegal ...

The Virginia opossum is the full name of the fuzzy little creature many drivers see along roadways and plenty of residents see rifling through their trashcans. You may often hear them referred to ...