February 24, 2022 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Possums look like scraggly, ratty creatures—or at least that’s what I used to think. You see them trundling ...

About the size of a cat, possums (real name, Opossum, but most of us drop the O) are North America’s only marsupial and can be found throughout most of the United States. Though a shy, nocturnal ...

Possums can be the subject of cute fascination, morbid curiosity (quite literally, these creatures play dead as a defense mechanism) or a nuisance to homeowners. Perhaps your knowledge of possums ...

Most of us have heard the phrase “playing possum,” whether we know what a possum is or not. What many Americans call a possum is in fact an opossum. While that “o” might not seem like a big deal, it ...

Possums are nasty. I guess a pet is OK if you keep it clean and know what it's been eating. Otherwise, they feed on carrion and all that implies. Not always. When I was in Los Angeles (ca. 2002) the ...

I love possums. Probably because we have so much in common. We have gray hair, don’t see well, aren’t particularly graceful or speedy, aren’t picky eaters and have been around (almost) since the ...

You say possum. I say opossum. And I’m right, so I’m calling the whole thing off. But not so fast. The possum-vs.-opossum quandary recently came up while I was editing a Beacon story about a ...

As far as viral animals go, possums have one of the most niche followings: ignored by some, hated by others, and beloved by the very best. If you've just discovered your love of possums (opossums in ...