The rescuer said the opossum looked like it was covered in wet mud and was “farting all night.” The neighbor had planned to use a broom to shove the critter back into the snow, but thankfully, the ...

Groundhog Day didn’t belong to Punxsutawney Phil this year — it belonged to a Virginia opossum named Birmingham Jill. While the calendar flipped to Monday, Feb. 2, a native Virginia opossum stole the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana). This year's older cub came to drink at the human dwelling.© Karel ...

At the Westfield Conservation Commission’s meeting on Feb. 24, Westfield State University students Courtney Giles and Taylor Knapp presented a seven-week assessment they made last fall on wildlife in ...

Opossums are not tick superheroes. The real win is respecting wildlife and using proven yard habits that actually lower risk fast.

Police in Richmond, Virginia, say an apparent fight on a street in an entertainment district has ended with a shooting that killed two people and wounded seven others.

Our yard bunny has no secrets now that there’s snow on the ground. We can tell where he or she has gone overnight and where they have rested ...

We asked you to choose your favorite among 10 romantic restaurants in the Greater Richmond Region. Here are the results.

Scroll to the bottom of this story or click here to vote in our poll by noon Feb. 13 to decide the best romantic restaurant in the Greater Richmond Region. The results will be announced in an upcoming ...

But for those who can't get to a national park or seashore, there is still plenty of wonder waiting to be discovered on a backyard safari. The average hummingbird weighs about as much as a stick of ...