Opossums are largely misunderstood. While one of the dangers of opossums is that they carry zoonotic diseases, they are a vital part of the ecosystem, digesting almost anything (even bones) to ...

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“He’s dead and he’s healthy.” Opossum is the life of the party online for how often he plays dead. CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports.

We all know that animals “play dead” in certain situations. But do you know the reasons behind the “feigning death” phenomenon? “Playing dead,” or “feigning death,” is common in the animal kingdom, ...

My neighbor found an opossum in his back yard, and his mid-size poodle was barking furiously at it. Instead of getting the poodle into the house, the man got a piece of board and clubbed the opossum ...

Susana Monsó has received funding from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and from the Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation. It was a story that pulled at the heartstrings. In 2018, an orca called ...

Throughout history, humans have given a lot of thought to death. We’ve grappled with our mortality, created elaborate burial rituals, and contemplated how best to mourn the loss of a loved one. But ...

The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana). This year's older cub came to drink at the human dwelling.© Karel Bock/Shutterstock.com Animals playing dead is a real, scientifically described behavior ...