Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana). This year's older cub came to drink at the human dwelling.© Karel ...

“Playing Possum,” a new book by the philosopher Susana Monsó, explores the mysteries of grief and mourning in the animal world. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an independently reviewed book ...

In “Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death,” Susana Monsó, a professor of philosophy at the National Distance Education University in Madrid, argues that although humans are unique in our ...

We all know that animals “play dead” in certain situations. But do you know the reasons behind the “feigning death” phenomenon? “Playing dead,” or “feigning death,” is common in the animal kingdom, ...

My neighbor found an opossum in his back yard, and his mid-size poodle was barking furiously at it. Instead of getting the poodle into the house, the man got a piece of board and clubbed the opossum ...

Susana Monsó has received funding from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and from the Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation. It was a story that pulled at the heartstrings. In 2018, an orca called ...