Disturbing footage of what what some believe is a giant mutant rat, like the ones we've seen in Brooklyn and the Bronx, has popped up on YouTube. We've contacted the uploader of the video (who ...

It may take an autopsy of sorts on a critter torn to bits by dogs to determine whether urban vermin or opossums are responsible for making a Lake in the Hills neighborhood jumpy. Allegations of rat ...

Mike Adams is a biologist, educator and author. Email him at [email protected]. The poor opossum - this often misunderstood marsupial suffers from an image problem. It is sometimes perceived ...

DEAR JOAN: I was wondering if you could identify a critter in my yard. Is it a rat or an opossum? I’ve seen rats in our yard before, but none that look like this. It doesn’t run away like a rat would, ...

Do opossums hang by their tails in trees? I've heard that they do. Origins: Opossums are misunderstood creatures, often mistaken for members of the rodent family because of their long rat-like tails.

A chance finding at a Brazilian museum has revealed a brand-new species of opossum. Biologist Silvia Pavan first discovered an unnamed mammal specimen with rich mahogany fur in 2008 at the Museu ...

Opossum oppressed southern Brooklyn continues to blame City Hall for an ill-conceived rat-eradication scheme — but the mayor and even the governor say the whole thing is a figment of a ...

Opossum oppressed southern Brooklyn continues to blame City Hall for an ill-conceived rat-eradication scheme — but the mayor and even the governor say the whole thing is a figment of a ...