One item on the opossum’s menu is another newcomer — ticks. A warming climate has brought the insects, and Lyme disease, to our forests and grasslands. According to the Public Health Agency of ...

Opossums also aren’t as “dirty” as many people think. They can carry fleas, but they have resistance to many viruses, including rabies. Interestingly, research on Lyme disease has found that ...

Often people dislike opossums because they think they're dirty and spread disease. "None of those things are true," says Mizejewski. "They're actually very fastidious groomers. Think of your cat ...

The bacteria that causes a flesh-eating ulcer can be detected in possum faeces more than three years before cases emerge in ...

A West Virginia Senate committee opened up a House of Delegates bill Monday and amended into it an updated version of the ...

A woman became a honky-tonk hero when she humanely removed an opossum from Banita Creek Hall in Nacogdoches, Texas One opossum found out the hard way that marsupials and dance halls don't mix.

Four baby opossums are recovering at the Animal Hospital of West Port ... keep an eye on their pets and ensure they are up to ...

Most cases of the flea-borne disease are cropping up in Texas and California, and it may be due to cat fleas finding a new host — possums. Other outbreak news includes new genetic identifiers for ...

Four baby opossums are recovering at the Animal Hospital ... pets and ensure they are up to date on vaccinations to prevent disease. “A lot of the diseases that these wildlife animals carry ...