That first dig was significant — the skeleton bones included rear limbs, making it the first evidence of a land-based snake ...

A real estate agent in Omaha, Nebraska, got an unexpected houseguest this week – a hungry opossum gorging on the Tuxedo Chocolate Mousse Cake she recently bought from Costco.

The much-loved marsupial, Saffron, was known to frequent the French Quarter with his owner. A friend started a petition for the opossum’s return after state wildlife authorities seized him this ...

In a touching TikTok clip recently posted by the overjoyed owner @diggydagg, Tyrion can be seen dragging his hind legs on the floor as he heads to his meal station.Then, without any help, he ...

The officers told him that owning an opossum was against the law, then summoned a small all-terrain vehicle with a cage in the back. They instructed Voiles to deposit the marsupial inside, he said.

But the extra legs, which don’t function, caused Ariel’s pelvis to be deformed and her “normal” right hind leg to lack adequate muscle tone, which may result in its removal.

Opossums also have an opposable “thumb” on their hind feet, which further aids their climbing forays. And the opossum has more impressive tricks up its sleeve, or rather, in its pouch.

Now, Voiles is fighting to win his opossum back. A change.org petition demanding Saffron’s return has received nearly 3,000 signatures. His owner hopes that public pressure may be enough to convince ...

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(WHTM) — A disabled opossum from Pennsylvania has won a spot in the 2024 Walkin’ Pets Calendar. ... and a spinal cord injury that caused him to not be able to have weight on his hind legs.

During the Cretaceous period 125 million years ago, a ravenous Repenomamus, an ancient mammal the size of an opossum, pounced on an unsuspecting Psittacosaurus—an herbivorous dinosaur more than ...