Your visitor is more rat than opossum, but it is not the type of rat we’re used to seeing. It’s a dusky-footed woodrat. Woodrats can be just as troublesome as roof and Norway rats, ...

The opossum was showing its teeth, she said — but there was no hissing. Ingram was able to calm the animal down before setting it outside her door and releasing it into the neighborhood.

Moment Cat Who Looks Like a ‘Giant Rat’ Caught Red Handed Stealing Snacks. Posted: September 2, 2024 | Last updated: February 15, 2025 "THOUGHT IT WAS A BIG RAT OR A OPOSSUM," exclaimed one user.

With over 13,200 comments, people have been raving about the opossum, even commenting their best holiday-themed puns. Advertisement “‘And a possum in a pear tree,’” one person commented.

With its rat-like tail and hairless ears, the humble opossum doesn’t get a lot of respect. But North America’s only native marsupial, or pouched animal, plays a valuable role in nature.

The common opossum is one of a handful of opossum species in Costa Rica and for me, the least attractive. To bring a picture of a Costa Rican common opossum to mind, picture whatever opossum raids the ...

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 ...

Her working theory is that the opossum climbed into the tree, which had been up for 10 days, at some point when she let out one of the other animals. “He was at least in my house for a couple of ...

It's been months since William Voiles' sweater-clad pet opossum, Saffron, was seized from him by state law enforcement agents in the French Quarter. On the morning of June 11, the ...

Her working theory is that the opossum climbed into the tree, which had been up for 10 days, at some point when she let out one of the other animals. “He was at least in my house for a couple of ...