The Virginia opossum is the only opossum species found in the United States and Canada. Opossums have the smallest ...

Virginia opossums are omnivores, and Deal-Sosa explained they "eat a variety of foods such as road kill, frogs and even ticks." ...

As a marsupial, the Virginia opossum is known to carry its babies in a pouch on its abdomen. Female opossums usually experience an about 13-day pregnancy, according to the Virginia DWR.

Peak season for Virginia opossums in South Florida means a busy time for the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife on ...

In North America, we have just one species of opossum, the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana). It looks like it's made of spare parts.

The Virginia opossum has the distinction of being the only living species of marsupial in North America, having advanced northward over a land bridge from South America about one million years ago.

WAYNESBORO, Va. (WRIC) — The Wildlife Center of Virginia has announced the name of its new male opossum that has joined its ambassador team after an “overwhelming” amount of voting responses.

Courtesy of Wildlife Center of Virginia. The Wildlife Center of Virginia has a new furry face on its ambassador team: a male opossum who came to the Waynesboro center in October.

Elizabeth M. Troyer, Susan E. Cameron Devitt, Melvin E. Sunquist, Varun R. Goswami, Madan K. Oli, Density dependence or climatic variation? Factors influencing survival, recruitment, and population ...

Roanoke – The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center has welcomed a new ambassador opossum, and it needs a name. The male opossum suffers from metabolic bone disease due to being kept as an illegal ...

Virginia opossums are pregnant for only 12 days before giving birth to 10 to 50 of these pups, each about the size of a small bee or large ant. In order to survive, these deaf, blind, hairless ...

Contemporary range expansion of the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) impacted by humans and snow cover. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2018; 96 (2): 107 DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2017-0071 ...