Opossums have come to be seen as something of a savior species when it comes to eradicating ticks. From websites to publications to social media, the idea that opossums help save humans from ...

Mar. 24—It's not that Griffin Dill has anything against opossums. The director of the University of Maine Tick Lab just wants to set the record straight: North America's only marsupial is not a ...

It's hard to play dead when the sugar rush kicks in. An opossum in Nebraska with a "sweet tooth" was hospitalized earlier this week — and will eventually be returned to the wild — after she was caught ...

(CNN) — A real estate agent in Omaha, Nebraska, recently got an unexpected houseguest – a hungry opossum who ate the entire tuxedo chocolate mousse cake she recently bought from Costco. Kim Doggett ...

OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) -- There's a cake bandit in the metro. She is reported to have four legs and is a big fan of chocolate cake. This opossum cake bandit stole the hearts of people around the globe ...

OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — There’s a cake bandit in the metro. She is reported to have four legs and is a big fan of chocolate cake. This opossum cake bandit stole the hearts of people around the globe.