Critically endangered pygmy raccoons on Cozumel Island in Mexico have shown remarkable creativity by making balls out of ...

It started when the pygmy raccoon dove into the wrong trash bin—not the bin known by her family for its tasty food scraps but ...

Once alleged to have been introduced by a Nazi commander, the true story of Germany's raccoons is divisive and often wildly misunderstood.

A trash panda no more. Raccoons are clever creatures. They're at home deep in forests as well as trash cans of busy cities or ...

Galveston officials are warning visitors not to feed Seawall raccoons after multiple reported bites and growing concerns about wildlife safety.

Scientists have been using an ancient Greek fable written by Aesop as inspiration to test whether birds and small children understand cause and effect relationships. In "The Crow and the Pitcher," a ...

Harford County is launching a pilot program to plant baits with a live rabies virus in raccoon habitats throughout the county ...

South American coati (Nasua nasua) have ringed tails. ©Danny Ye/Shutterstock.com Some animals have more iconic appearances than others — like poison dart frogs, zebras, and cheetahs. Another member of ...

The Rhode Island Department of Health is issuing another alert after two raccoons in Warwick tested positive for rabies this week.