The possum looks like a cute cross between a squirrel and a chinchilla, and it belongs to a different order than the opossum.

Here’s how to discourage pesky possums from hanging around your house and yard. With its rat-like tail and hairless ears, the humble opossum doesn’t get a lot of respect. But North America’s ...

Thankfully, opossums act like vacuum cleaners, killing almost 95 per cent of the ticks that try to feed on them. A single opossum could eliminate as many as 4,000 ticks in a week! And, as an added ...

An opossum was caught at a big-box store in Kailua-Kona over the weekend. The store contacted the state Department of Agriculture at about 11 p.m. on Saturday and reported they had trapped an ...

State officials say they have euthanized an opossum found at a big box store in Kona over the weekend. Opossums — considered an invasive species — are illegal in Hawaii because they pose a ...