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 ...

People often mistake raccoons' clever behavior and expressive faces for signs of friendliness. Videos of them rummaging through drawers or getting hand-fed snacks make it easy to forget they’re wild ...

With the possible exception of a certain overly aggressive red squirrel who tried to bite off a couple of my fingers at the elbow, the meanest animal I ever worked with was a small, but surprisingly ...

Once seen as endearing additions to European wildlife, North American raccoons have become a serious threat to Germany’s ecosystem. Now, scientists are pushing back against popular myths that paint ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. My Backyard Birding set up a camera in their yard, focused on a small basin of water they picked up at a flea market. They thought ...

That midnight rustling in the trash… the toppled bins… or the chicken coop mysteriously raided. Raccoons are clever, ...