A wild opossum was hospitalized after devouring an entire Costco cake that was sitting on the back porch of a Nebraska ...

I started thinking, ‘Is chocolate poisonous for opossums?’” She did some quick research and learned that wild opossums will eat almost anything, including roadkill, garbage, fruit and insects.

“The opossum that was confiscated in the French Quarter last year was released into the wild by a licensed rehabilitator,” department spokesperson Taylor Brazan wrote in an email Tuesday.

Six of the possums were found abandoned in a cardboard box and are now being cared for by Five Sister Zoo in West Lothian.

The owner of the animal rescue was driving by and saw the opossum and helped the CHP capture it. The opossum will be released back into the wild once she's recovered.

A hungry opossum with an unrivaled sweet tooth is on ... "native Nebraska wildlife and migratory birds for return to the wild," according to its website. The organization also facilitates nature ...

A clinic note said the opossum was “panting a lot, however mobile and alert.” Fortunately, with some time in rehab and a diet reset, the animal should be stabilized enough to return to the wild, the ...

DALLAS, Texas — A North Dallas resident captured a rare and intense wildlife encounter outside his home, witnessing a determined opossum face off against a coyote on his front lawn in a classic ...

An opossum in Nebraska felt the same way ... the animal should be stabilized enough to return to the wild, the organization said. “Until then, she is definitely a little cranky about our ...