Learn about the Virginia Opossum, the only marsupial found in the United States. Opossums may be common, but they are amazingly unique and adaptable creatures that can be found right in our own backyards. Host Ed Clark highlights a wide variety of special opossum adaptations and explains how simple changes in human behavior can help these animals.   Meet one of the Center's education opossums, and hear outreach coordinator Alex Wehrung talk about how education ambassadors help the Center to elevate the effectiveness of our programs. 

Hosted by Ed Clark, UNTAMED takes you behind the scenes of the Wildlife Center of Virginia, where diagnosing and treating the injuries of its patients is just thebeginning of the Center’s investigative and conservation work. The team alsostrives to identify and address the threats and hazards that cause harm to wildlifein the first place—issues ranging from illegal human activities to environmentalcontamination to emerging wildlife disease.