The Florida Highway Patrol tells PEOPLE that the Aug. 10 incident remains under investigation David Chiu is a staff writer, Human Interest, for PEOPLE. A former PEOPLE intern from 2007 to 2008, he has ...

Opossums are cat-sized marsupials known to “play dead” when threatened, the Florida fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says. This is not the opossum involved in the fatal crash. Karen ...

Turns out Disney dining is so good that even the wildlife are partaking. A family visiting Disney World got a surprise visit from an opossum during their dinner. Rather than being terrified or ...

An injured opossum inadvertently got a woman killed when she risked walking into traffic at night to offer it help, Florida investigators say. The collision happened shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug ...