Protecting your yard from raccoons is a lot like childproofing a home: Look at it from their angle and cover all your bases, ...

LEFT BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. WELL, IN VIRGINIA, INVESTIGATORS SAY SOMEONE BROKE INTO A LIQUOR STORE AND THE SUSPECT WAS NOT WHO THEY NORMALLY SEE ON THESE TYPES OF CALLS. IT WAS A RACCOON ...

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Don’t worry, it’s OK. “I’m just going to lie down here (hic) for a second.”Credit...Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter Supported by By Victor Mather A raccoon broke into a liquor store the ...

If raccoons are wild animals, why are they so darn cute? If that’s a question you’ve ever asked yourself while looking at a picture of the furry urban dwellers with their beady eyes and tiny paws, you ...

That resourceful "trash panda" digging through your garbage may be more than just a nuisance—it could be a living example of evolution in progress. A new study suggests that raccoons living near ...

That resourceful "trash panda" digging through your garbage may be more than just a nuisance -- it could be a living example of evolution in progress. A new study suggests that raccoons living near ...

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Homeowners across western Washington are finding their lawns torn apart by an unlikely partnership: crows and raccoons simultaneously working to dig up invasive beetle grubs.

The clever, adaptable urban raccoon may be evolving a shorter snout — a key physical trait of pets and other domesticated animals. The new finding describes what a biologist says could be the first ...

A growing fascination with raccoons on social media — and new scientific research suggesting the animals are becoming physically “cuter” — may be fueling their rise as unconventional household pets, ...