The opossum is the only marsupial native to North America and can be found throughout the southern part of the United States.

With white faces, naked tails and beady eyes, these critters might be mistaken for a very large rat, but they’re ... Opossum males (like most marsupials) have a two-headed penis.

In a fairy tale by the brothers Grimm, a pied piper’s music lures rats to their doom ... the small, carnivorous marsupials reach adulthood. For five more months, they gain weight that they ...