Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last year, Vivien Deal-Sosa was studying state symbols with her fourth grade class in Chesterfield, New Hampshire when she had an ...

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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — There is only one kind of marsupial found north of Mexico — and it bears Virginia’s namesake. The Virginia opossum is the full name of the fuzzy little creature many drivers see ...

Roanoke – The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center has welcomed a new ambassador opossum, and it needs a name. The male opossum suffers from metabolic bone disease due to being kept as an illegal pet ...

The Wildlife Center of Virginia has a new furry face on its ambassador team: a male opossum who came to the Waynesboro center in October. The opossum’s new role as ambassador soon became clear when ...

With their beady eyes, big ears, hairless tails and short, stocky legs, opossums are distinctive marsupials. Despite their odd appearance, these animals have a rich evolutionary history and have ...

MIAMI (WSVN) - Miami’s Pelican Harbor Seabird Station celebrated a major rescue milestone, but their furry little arrival is no ordinary patient. He isn’t even a bird. The nonprofit wildlife hospital ...

WAYNESBORO, Va. (WRIC) — The Wildlife Center of Virginia has announced the name of its new male opossum that has joined its ambassador team after an “overwhelming” amount of voting responses. On ...

Last year, Vivien Deal-Sosa was studying state symbols with her fourth grade class in Chesterfield, New Hampshire when she had an idea: why not make the Virginia opossum, North America’s only native ...

WAYNESBORO, Va. (WRIC) — The Wildlife Center of Virginia is asking for help to name the new male opossum that has joined their ambassador team. The opossum arrived at the center in October 2024, and ...