A wayward opossum that was discovered walking on the Bay Bridge in February has been released into the wild after being ...

In an "extremely slow-speed pursuit," a California Highway Patrol officer followed the marsupial ... that the opossum was carrying babies estimated to be about a month old in her pouch and had ...

Humberto Panuco, 74, was last seen around 11:38 a.m. Sunday in San Leandro after walking away from Kaiser San Leandro, police said. He was described as five-foot-eight, about 200 pounds, wearing a ...

Known for his compassion for both animals and people, Officer Steen recently returned to his role with Pearl Animal Control ...

They’re pretty adaptable.” Possums are marsupials. This means that when the young are born, they develop in a pouch where they nurse and grow until they can emerge from it. Possums ...

Greater gliders are marsupials, which means their young are born very small and continue to develop in the mother’s pouch. After spending several months in the pouch, the offspring move into a tree ...

As North America’s only marsupial, they carry their young in a pouch like kangaroos ... for their ability to “play dead” as a defense mechanism. Encountering an opossum can feel like discovering a ...

Two of the six sugar glider possums found dumped in a box outside a Lidl supermarket have babies in their pouches, health checks have revealed. Sugar gliders - which have a thin membrane of skin ...

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.