If faced with a threat it can’t escape, a possum will play dead, says Owen. The opossum will fall over, its tongue will hang out, it will drool, slow its breathing and emit a noxious odor that ...

She's been taking care of wildlife, especially opossums, for years. She says she knew right away what happened to this one. "I could tell she had been singed all over and burned. The whiskers ...

Remember Saffron the opossum? After the rat-tailed pet marsupial was seized by Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries officers during Carnival 2024, he seemed to vanish as completely as Amelia Earhart.