Depending on where you live, you can keep an opossum as a pet. Many states require a permit, and in some places, it is ...

When it comes to pet insurance, most of the industry’s focus is on covering cats and dogs. But what about those with more unconventional companions? Non-traditional pets like birds, reptiles ...

The researchers extrapolated from this that a wild opossum could potentially eat around 5,500 ticks per week during tick season. And thus, a legend was born. Issues with the Opossum-Tick Study ...

Another way to be considerate to opossums who might appear in your yard in any season, according to Karvonen? “Be aware of what your pets are doing. Since they ‘play dead,’ opossums don’t ...