a co-director of the Opossum’s Pouch Sanctuary, Rescue and Rehabilitation, told Courthouse News. Sparks said her small sanctuary is now caring for the opossum, which was found to have a serious leg ...

The Virginia opossum is North America’s only marsupial (a mammal that carries its young in a pouch) and is native to the southern U.S. However, it’s been staging an invasion into Canada ...

Virginia opossums are the only marsupial species in the U.S. "Their little babies live in the mother's pouch until they get big enough, and then they ride on her back," says Mizejewski.

Wyoming doesn’t have a known wild opossum population, but that could change as two neighboring states have them -- Nebraska ...