Animal rights activists hand delivered to the solicitor's office this week a petition, with 25,000 signatures, urging felony charges in a local animal abuse case. Beth Sparks and Connie Welborn Reese, ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sent an award to a Pinellas County deputy on Monday for his quick thinking that saved the lives of seven baby opossums whose ...

A wayward opossum that was discovered walking on the Bay Bridge in February has been released into the wild after being treated at a San Rafael wildlife rescue center. In an "extremely slow-speed ...

Did you know that some people keep opossums as pets? Proving that there is a lid for every pot, this rescue opossum and his family are celebrating his third birthday—quite a feat for the short-lived ...

MACKINAW CITY, MI - Maybe this little critter didn’t get the memo about no pedestrians allowed on the Mackinac Bridge? An opossum was spotted walking across Michigan’s landmark bridge. It had to be ...