The Virginia opossum is the only opossum species found in the United States and Canada. Opossums have the smallest ...

Starting Sept. 30, a new law declares that any Virginia opossums found in New Hampshire are officially “New Hampshire ...

Drunken drivers who travel the wrong way down New Hampshire roads will face steeper penalties under a new state law.

It's named for Virginia, but it's the Granite State's now. Tucked like a pouch-riding joey into drunken-driving bill signed into law last week was a brand new designation of the Virginia opossum as ...

The Virginia opossum is the single species found in the United States, but at least 103 species occur in the Western Hemisphere. Our Virginia opossums may be the most misunderstood animals in the ...

Virginia opossums have also been confirmed to carry tularemia, spotted fever, toxoplasmosis and even Lyme disease, though they do have more resistance to it than other animals.

The Virginia opossum or common opossum (didelphia virginiana) is a Florida native, with plenty in St. Johns County. The opossum can grow up to 15 pounds, about the size of a house cat.

“This Virginia opossum was admitted today after reportedly devouring an ENTIRE Costco chocolate cake.” In the post are two photos that paint a vivid picture.

What do Virginia’s opossums have in common with koalas, kangaroos, wombats, wallabies, bandicoots, sugar gliders and Tasmanian devils? They are marsupials, mammals that raise their young in a ...

Kyle R. Wait, Adam A. Ahlers, Virginia opossum distributions are influenced by human-modified landscapes and water availability in tallgrass prairies, Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 101, No. 1 (February ...

A Virginia opossum, also known as the North American opossum. (Cody Pope - Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5) To answer this question, the scientists examined spatial patterns and previous research into ...