Raccoons are undeniably adorable, with their bandit-like masks and those clever little hands that seem almost human. It’s no wonder some people look at them and think, "Wouldn’t that make an amazing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Raccoons are developing pet-like features, with Scientific American citing a peer-reviewed study that found urban raccoons have shorter snouts than rural ones — an early hallmark of domestication. “If ...

Nov. 18 (UPI) --Animal rescuers in England rounded up a severely overweight raccoon spotted wandering through neighborhood gardens. The RSPCA said locals in Gwennap, Cornwall, spotted the tremendous ...

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.

Nashua health officials earlier this week issued a rabies warning after a raccoon captured in the Westgate Village neighborhood tested positive for the disease. The warning is designed to alert ...

*Video shows a variety of animals on a trail camera. DENVER (KDVR) – A baby raccoon was brought back from near death after the newborn fell from a chimney and was separated from its family in Colorado ...

Video shows raccoons digging up lawns to get to the invasive grubs underneath the surface. This disease has no cure, and it’s suddenly spreading fast again Schumer accuses Trump of pushing US toward ...

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, ...

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 ...