Basil, the opossum who called the National Zoo’s Small Mammal House home and won News4’s 2023 bracket for D.C.’s Next Animal Obsession, died on May 1.

Human encounters with wildlife are becoming more common due to shrinking natural habitats and expanding human neighborhoods, ...

Anderson Humane is hosting an event Sunday to raise money for baby animals, and brought adoptable puppy Piglet to visit CBS ...

However, sometimes they are not able to release them back. "We have a Virginia opossum, who’s outside that’s going to be a surrogate," she said. "She was stuck in a fence. We got her about a ...

Northwest Indiana’s annual Earth Day celebration offered up 55 vendors at the Porter County Expo Center Saturday morning in celebration of the country’s 55th anniversary of the creation of Earth Day.

While marsupials are commonly associated with Australia, North America has its native marsupial: the Virginia opossum. Recognized for its “playing dead” survival tactic, also known as thanatosis, the ...

This clever adaptation is an incredible example of nature’s creativity. Another venom-resistant hero is the Virginia opossum. Similar to its cousin, this opossum has evolved peptides that neutralize a ...

If you’re driving around think you see what may be an abandoned animal, officials warn against taking it home.