One night last week, I heard my dog barking his head off in the backyard. That sound, I’ve come to recognize, means some kind of critter, perhaps an opossum or raccoon, has found its way into the ...

Pepé Le Pew, Rascal and Pogo maybe cute characters on the screen, but skunks, raccoons and opossums are a nuisance in the backyard. They can even be dangerous. Classified as vertebrate pests by the UC ...

I grew up in a place that doesn't have opossums. So when I finally saw one in my 30s, it was a real treat — a treat that kept on giving, as it turned out, because he started living under my house. At ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - It’s spring, and that means wild animals are out with their babies; but should you be worried about seeing some of these animals in your neighborhood? Marjie Playter has lived ...

Three opossums were caught by agriculture inspectors at harbors on Oahu and the Big Island throughout the last couple of ...

If there were ever a misunderstood animal, it is the opossum. They’re not cute. They hang around our garbage and stress out our dogs late at night when they’re creeping along the fence or around the ...

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 ...

Three opossums were captured at harbors in Honolulu and Hilo within the past five weeks. Two were caught in two separate ...

Sometimes, risks aren’t worth the rewards, and the star of this clip knows it, choosing safety first. "This opossum prefers using a step stool over indulging in needless stunts," the filmer, Candy, ...