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

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

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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Homeowners across western Washington are finding their lawns torn apart by an unlikely partnership: ...

MANILA, Philippines — In her 40 years as a journalist, Jessica Soho has braved conflict zones, natural disasters, corruption scandals, and even the eerie and supernatural. But what would scare her the ...

The days of trash-talking raccoons may be coming to an end. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology found that city-dwelling raccoons are showing early signs of domestication — and ...

A raccoon peers out from a tree. New research suggests urban raccoons in the United States have shorter snouts than rural raccoons do, a sign of potential domestication. Laura M via Flickr under CC BY ...

Raccoons may be inching closer to becoming America's next pet. Affectionately referred to as trash pandas, the masked mammals known for rummaging rubbish bins for easy food, are evolving based on ...

With dexterous childlike hands and cheeky “masks,” raccoons are North America’s ubiquitous backyard bandits. The critters are so comfortable in human environments, in fact, that a new study finds that ...

DERBY — A woman who helps run a local pizzeria said she rescued a baby raccoon, keeping it in an outdoor habitat, before authorities seized the animal last month. In a statement Tuesday from the state ...

STEPHENS COUNTY, Ga. (WSPA) — As temperatures cool down across the Southeast, unexpected guests may find their way onto your porch. That was the case for a Stephens County resident on Sunday night.