Possums can be the subject of cute fascination, morbid curiosity (quite literally, these creatures play dead as a defense mechanism) or a nuisance to homeowners. Perhaps your knowledge of possums ...

The gray short-tailed opossum has been a subject in behavioral and biomedical studies for the last quarter century, but researchers know little about its preferred diet. The authors describe a study ...

Led by researchers from Harvard and MIT, a team of scientists sequenced the DNA of the gray South American short-tailed opossum -- the first marsupial to have its genome sequenced. Marsupials are ...

Scientists have mapped the genetic composition of a marsupial mammal, the South American gray, short-tailed opossum, gaining insight into the role of "junk DNA" in human evolution and into immune ...

This week researchers unveiled the genomic sequence of the gray short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica . If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by ...

This week on Pet Talk, we're discussing Brazilian Short Tailed Opossums. Two of the critters made an appearance on Brazos Valley This Morning. Brazilian Short Tailed Opossums are nocturnal and very ...

Unlike the cliche, familiarity doesn't seem to breed contempt. It breeds indifference instead. Why else would we take so little interest in one of the most fascinating of Alabama's wildife - the ...

Humans aren't the only creatures that prefer to use one hand over the other. Now, a new study finds that marsupials that run about on all fours have paw preferences, too. In particular, sugar gliders ...

Modern mammals, including humans, evolved not so much by inventing new genes, but by redeploying existing ones – with a surprising assist from genetic elements usually derided as mere junk. Genome ...

Hidden in the development of opossums is one possible version of the evolutionary path that led from the simple ears of reptiles to the more elaborative and sensitive structures of mammals, including ...