The sneaky marsupial snuck ... a porch pirate with a built-in pouch. Early in the morning on Jan. 27, a security camera at a Southlake, Texas, home caught an opossum — the only marsupial native ...

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 ...

Marsupials are fascinating creatures with their own built-in pouches. These are animals like kangaroos, possums, and koalas.

Why Do Kangaroos Have a Pouch? Red kangaroos, Macropus rufus, are found in the dry regions of inland Australia. Like most marsupials, they have a short gestation period of around 28-35 days.