Raccoons in a large city park avoid busy roads, showing how traffic shapes animal movement and quietly divides urban wildlife spaces.

A new study has shown that Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication. The University of Arkansas found that urban raccoons have smaller snouts, a sign of domestication syndrome.

A new study from the St. Louis Zoo Institute for Conservation Medicine sheds light on the lives of 10 racoons in Forest Park, ...

They're actually pretty adorable, and they eat mice. But you may unwittingly be inviting them to hang out in, and tear up, ...

Raccoons in Lubbock are cuter than they seem, but they can pose serious health risks. It’s best to admire from afar and keep food sources secured at home.

A new study led by researchers from Saint Louis University, the Saint Louis Zoo, and partner organizations recently set out to understand how raccoons use space in one of the nation's largest urban ...

Urban raccoons are developing shorter snouts, revealing how city life is subtly reshaping wildlife anatomy and behavior.

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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 ...

Biologists at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock analyzed images of urban and rural raccoons and found that city-dwelling raccoons have noticeably shorter snouts, a classic marker of early ...