Erin Synder: [00:00:00] Yes, opossums do eat chickens. Many times it’s easier to think of them as an egg predator because that’s what they primarily hunt, but they will kill both young and ...

Imagine a world where the Americas were not connected—a time when wild Pacific waters crashed against scattered islands, and ...

However, in this post, we’ll only be taking a closer look at one of the possum’s traits. Namely, its lifespan. Every animal has an average lifespan, which depends on a variety of factors such as diet, ...

An opossum not only appears lifeless but also smells dead. They expel a liquid from glands near their tail when they pretend to be dead. The mucus emits a foul smell, giving a predator more ...

Actions to conserve Western Ringtail Possums include control of introduced predators (foxes and cats), guidelines to reduce impacts from timber harvesting and prescribed, controlled burning in Western ...

In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia's "gentle and specialized creatures" were "unable to cope ...

Irony often masks concealed truth. Irony: a possum playing dead to not become “unalived” by a predator. In truth, it’s very much alive. Also, how can such tiny babies produce mountains of soiled ...

The opossum or possum—either term is accepted—is the OG at feigning death. “Playing possum” refers to an idiom that describes the act of pretending to be dead or asleep, so that someone or something ...

The Nashville Predators lost 5-3 to the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday. After the Predators took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Jordan Oesterle, the Golden Knights scored three ...