The Virginia opossum is widespread across the eastern U.S., including all of Pennsylvania, but little is commonly known about the animal. Here are some of the fascinating facts about the animal.

Ancient origins of modern opossum revealed Date: December 17, 2009 Source: University of Florida Summary: Scientists have traced the evolution of the modern opossum back to the extinction of the ...

The Wausau Possum Festival has auctioned off opossums -- and potential politicians -- for 45 years. At the 2014 edition of the festival, which is headquartered at the Possum Palace in Wausau ...

In many technical papers describing fossil creatures, artists give readers a glimpse of prehistory through reconstructions of what those animals might have looked like in life. Not so with ...

Researchers say mapping the genetic code of the brushtail possum will benefit those working to both conserve and control the animal. In a five-year long study, just published in Nature ...