But first, a word about semantics. Scientifically speaking, possums are marsupials native to Australia, while the opossum is found in North America. Merriam-Webster advises that it’s A-okay to ...

Thursday night's Big 12 battle between TCU and Texas Tech not only drew plenty of fans to Lubbock, but the Red Raiders had a special guest on the field as well -- a possum. Yes, a possum made his ...

Storming the field at a college football game isn’t unheard of, but rarely is a possum the culprit of this sports tradition. But that was the case Thursday night at the end of the first quarter ...

Nature is not healing — it’s downright savage. An orangutan at an Australian zoo horrified visitors when it brutally evicted a possum by ”launching” it from the top of its enclosure after ...

Read on for a walk on the wild side: Possums (yes, I know it’s really opossums, but popular usage counts in the real world) “Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death” by Susana Monso (2024).

College football games are no stranger to on-field disruptions, but Thursday night’s TCU-Texas Tech game was interrupted when a wild possum ran across the field. Between the first and second ...

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Yes, it is. The film was inspired by a real family who helped nearly 100 kids get adopted in their community. According to Wright, “I was told about the Martin family in Possum Trot, Texas ...

Bishop W.C. Martin, wife Donna Martin and their church inspired the new film "Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot" Angel Studios More than two decades ago, 22 families from a small part of ...