The gray short-tailed opossum has been a subject in behavioral and biomedical studies for the last quarter century, but researchers know little about its preferred diet. The authors describe a study ...

Scientists have mapped the genetic composition of a marsupial mammal, the South American gray, short-tailed opossum, gaining insight into the role of "junk DNA" in human evolution and into immune ...

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) have succeeded in creating the first genetically engineered marsupial. This study, published in the scientific journal Current ...

Humans aren't the only creatures that prefer to use one hand over the other. Now, a new study finds that marsupials that run about on all fours have paw preferences, too. In particular, sugar gliders ...

Gray short-tailed opossums are used in a wide variety of research in the areas of developmental biology, oncology, immunology, and comparative biology. Despite many frequent experimental manipulations ...

This week researchers unveiled the genomic sequence of the gray short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica . If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by ...

RUMFORD — An opossum is recovering at an Auburn wildlife rescue facility after a man cut off its tail and left him for dead last week. The opossum is popular among some residents in the Rumford ...