William Voiles is a regular sight in the French Quarter, pedaling his adult tricycle with a small menagerie of animals riding, remarkably calmly, in the front and rear baskets. Photos from June show ...

Did you know that some people keep opossums as pets? Proving that there is a lid for every pot, this rescue opossum and his family are celebrating his third birthday—quite a feat for the short-lived ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A local opossum owner is devastated after his pet was confiscated by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in the French Quarter over the Mardi Gras weekend. WGNO’s ...

A pet sugar glider, a type of palm-size possum, escaped from its owner on a flight from Shanghai to Jinan in China, leading to chaos inside the cabin and a delay in departure. The tropical marsupial’s ...

The city of New Orleans can breathe a sigh of relief: Saffron the pet opossum is on his way home, says his owner. The plight of the marsupial, who was confiscated by Wildlife and Fisheries agents over ...

The search for a marsupial missing since Mardi Gras may have a happy ending. Saffron, the pet opossum confiscated by Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department during French Quarter sweeps in the ...

Separation from his pet has been “really, really hard on me,” he said. Naturally, Voiles said, it would have been heartbreaking if the opossum — which he named Saffron — had died. But his current ...

Opossums probably aren't the first critters that come to mind when you imagine cute, cuddly animals, but they're honestly pretty adorable little cuties once you get to know them. After hanging out ...

Sometimes it’s the smallest things that ruin your day. For the passengers of a flight between the eastern Chinese cities of Shanghai and Jinan, it was a miniature pet possum. The tiny sugar glider – a ...