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 ...