The Virginia opossum is North America’s only marsupial (a mammal that carries its young in a pouch) and is native to the southern U.S. However, it’s been staging an invasion into Canada ...

Marsupials include kangaroos, wombats, koalas, opossums, and others that carry young in a pouch. Two-thirds of the world’s ...

Virginia opossums are the only marsupial species in the U.S. "Their little babies live in the mother's pouch until they get big enough, and then they ride on her back," says Mizejewski.