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The weather-forecasting marsupial will be the star attraction during Possum Day, set for the morning of Feb. 2 in Sardis, ...

Brittanii Lehman tells PEOPLE that her daughter frequently catches and releases opossums Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared on PS, ...

Adult blacklegged ticks can be active throughout the winter whenever temperatures are above freezing and there is no snow cover. The rebound of forests and deer populations in Pennsylvania has created ...

Most people believe ticks are only a problem in the spring and summer, when other insects arrive on the South Carolina scene to pester residents. However, just because you can't see something doesn't ...

“It was so funny. It brought us so much joy," the TikTok user who shared the ordeal tells PEOPLE Courtesy of Shay A Disney World guest recorded a bizarre encounter with an opossum at Magic Kingdom The ...

KAHULUI (HawaiiNewsNow) - An opossum was found at a car dealership on Maui Monday afternoon, according to state agriculture officials. The animal was put down by officers from the Department of Land ...

HONOLULU (KHON) — On Nov. 24, an opossum was reported around 2:30 p.m. in a new van at a Maui car dealership, the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity said in a Nov. 25 press release. DAB ...

Now that the weather is less oppressive, Floridians will be spending more time outdoors. That can mean more exposure to ticks and tick-borne diseases. But a lot depends on where you live and what kind ...