Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An opossum stuck between seawater and a high wall was rescued by a police officer in St Petersburg, Florida, newly released video ...

Opossums are cat-sized marsupials known to “play dead” when threatened, the Florida fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says. This is not the opossum involved in the fatal crash. Karen ...

This photo provided by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) shows a turtle in a box after a Pennsylvania man was caught with the turtle concealed in his pants when the TSA body scanner ...

An injured opossum inadvertently got a woman killed when she risked walking into traffic at night to offer it help, Florida investigators say. The collision happened shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug ...

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — A Spring Hill woman was killed over the weekend while trying to check on an injured opossum, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The crash happened near the intersection ...