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 ...

Olli the Virginia opossum was one lucky marsupial. As a baby, Olli was attacked by several predators, leaving him with major bite wounds and abscesses and a severely injured spinal cord. He was ...

Oliver came to the WCV in April 2022. Courtesy of Wildlife Center of Virginia. The Wildlife Center of Virginia made the difficult decision Saturday to euthanize an animal ambassador for several health ...

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 ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Great Plains Nature Center Director Amanda Alessi brought in Peanut, a Virginia opossum, to KSN’s Wild Side Tuesday afternoon. Opossums are the only marsupial in North America. ...

CHARLES CITY COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — About a month ago, Chickahominy Wildlife admitted an opossum with extensive injuries into the Wildlife Center of Virginia. The opossum suffered two fractures in her ...