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Homeowner shares footage of unexpected behavior of opossum in garden: 'I had no idea they could do this'

There are a variety of great reasons to embrace native plant gardening — including supporting pollinators and your local ...
Herald & Review

Is the opossum a garden pest or pal?

One night last week, I heard my dog barking his head off in the backyard. That sound, I’ve come to recognize, means some kind of critter, perhaps an opossum or raccoon, has found its way into the ...
NOLA.com

Reconsider the opossum: It's actually a handy animal to have around

If there were ever a misunderstood animal, it is the opossum. They’re not cute. They hang around our garbage and stress out our dogs late at night when they’re creeping along the fence or around the ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Garden Mastery: Outsmarting skunks, raccoons and opossums – meddlesome critters of the night

Pepé Le Pew, Rascal and Pogo maybe cute characters on the screen, but skunks, raccoons and opossums are a nuisance in the backyard. They can even be dangerous. Classified as vertebrate pests by the UC ...