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

Animal Protection Officer Samantha Martin revealed that the raccoon who went viral for a drunken break-in is a repeat ...

The state’s true character can be found down dirt roads without traffic lights and inside warmly lit farmhouse inns.

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Unfortunately, one million endangered species could become extinct. On World Wildlife Day, learn who is at risk and how to ...

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

If you’ve ever caught a raccoon digging through your neighbor’s garbage can at night, you may have been witnessing evolution in action. A new study in the online journal Frontiers in Zoology suggests ...

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, ...

Credit: flickr Raccoons eat insects, grubs, and small rodents that can damage your garden. Their foraging habits help reduce pest populations naturally, without the need for harmful chemicals. By ...

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 ...

Two more rabies cases were found in Suffolk County in October, bringing the total number of known infections this year to 14 after a 15-year period when no infections had been found in the county, ...