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 ...

Researchers have identified over 70 new species, from ancient dinosaurs to living mammals and insects preserved in amber ...

During an expedition to the Peruvian Andes in 2018, a team of researchers exploring Abiseo River National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, made an extraordinary discovery: a previously undocumented ...

Most of us have heard the phrase “playing possum,” whether we know what a possum is or not. What many Americans call a possum is in fact an opossum. While that “o” might not seem like a big deal, it ...

The American Museum of Natural History recently posted a summary of some of its work in 2025, stating that this year, ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - It’s been twenty years since University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh biology professor Greg Adler caught a mysterious mouse opossum in the jungle of Panama, but he still remembers it ...

From fruit flies that bite to a tiny mouse opossum and a feathered dinosaur preserved with the remains of its last meal, more ...

Scientists caught a long-tailed mammal with a “facial mask” in a trap at a Peru national park and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Pedro Peloso, shared by Robert Voss In the Andes ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — An opossum discovered Tuesday in a shipping container was the second live opossum in a month found in Hawaii, raising the concerns about the growing threat of invasive species in ...