Some people keep strange pets. Like snakes, spiders, or other exotic animals. But what do you think of opossums as pets? Well ...

Did you know that some people keep opossums as pets? Proving that there is a lid for every pot, this rescue opossum and his family are celebrating his third birthday—quite a feat for the short-lived ...

When Basil the Virginia opossum arrived at the National Zoo over the summer, he had been injured by a predator attack, lost one eye, and was unlikely to survive in the wild due to his injuries. Now, D ...

When it comes to pet insurance, most of the industry’s focus is on covering cats and dogs. But what about those with more unconventional companions? Non-traditional pets like birds, reptiles, rabbits, ...

Twelve days ago, agents of The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department confiscated a pet opossum named Saffron during the city’s Carnival celebration. Now the marsupial's owner wants to get his ...

Before the opossum’s impoundment, Voiles, 50, regularly turned heads in the Vieux Carre as he pedaled along on his tricycle, accompanied by his collection of pets, including two small dogs, a rabbit, ...

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 ...