possum

Videos of stadium workers capturing a possum in one fan section and spraying gnats on the field during the last few weeks haven’t helped the team’s image.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

Found among the stuffed animals at one airport gift shop – an actual living possum.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026

A wild possum joined stuffed furry friends in an Australian airport gift shop this week, surprising travellers in an adorable case of hide and squeak.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

A tiny possum with one extra-long finger on each hand is one of two species thought to have been extinct that have been discovered in West Papua, in what's been called an "exceptional" scientific discovery.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

“I’m not so sure what you two find so funny about alligator eating habits. Lying across the road playing possum is how that gator hunts.”

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

The remains came from both native and introduced animals, including cows, kangaroos, emus, sheep, pigs, dingoes, rabbits, possums, quolls and swamp rats.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

The work represents the first direct estimate of a mutation rate for koalas or for any member of the marsupial order Diprotodontia, which also includes wombats, kangaroos and possums.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

In June, Mumbai customs intercepted two passengers arriving from Thailand with dozens of venomous vipers and more than 100 other creatures, including lizards, sunbirds and tree-climbing possums, also arriving from Thailand.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025

As a journalist and a volunteer, I’ve set and checked traps called “Trapinators” and “Mammalian Corrections Units” with Predator Free Dunedin, a conservation collective that has battled possums, rats, hedgehogs, and stoats since 2018.

From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2025

“I reckon Unc’ Louis done caught mo possums than aihy man in dis country.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner