DEAR JOAN: A few years ago, I started feeding an opossum that showed up on my back porch in the middle of winter injured, weak and sickly. She was living under my deck and took kindly to the food I ...

The last couple of winters we have had opossums visit our home wildlife feeding station, near Lake Waconia, eating cracked corn and sunflower seeds like the chickadees, juncos and gray and red ...

In a Lowcountry home, wildlife in need, from raccoons to beavers, find welcome and care. Samantha MacDougal is the ...

Q: I have been feeding opossums in my yard for over 15 years, and I’m also used to seeing dead possums on the road. But for the past three or four months I’ve seen no possums. Has there been some kind ...

One of my co-workers here at The Post-Standard recently shared a page from her 365 Amazing Trivia Facts calendar. The item, for Monday, Feb. 27, read: “What did early editions of the bestselling ...

During winter, the solitary, nocturnal opossum spends most of the time improving its nesting place in woods or fringes of suburban communities. Having added to its fat reserves in the fall, she has ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - An orphaned opossum has made a new home at the Oregon Zoo. The 9.5 ounce baby opossum was found wandering alone behind an apartment building in Lebanon. It was cared for by the ...

DEAR JOAN: For years, I have had a family of opossums living under my shed in the backyard. I’ve had multiple generations over the years. I have enjoyed having them and watching the babies arrive and ...