Some animals have more iconic appearances than others — like poison dart frogs, zebras, and cheetahs. Another member of this infamous family: a raccoon. With a bandit-like black mask around their eyes ...

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 ...

If you spend any time scrolling through TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook, you’ve probably seen viral videos of people feeding wild raccoons everything from marshmallows and hotdogs to Pop-Tarts and ...

Raccoons Don’t Just Scavenge. They Study. In A Nutshell Raccoons continued solving puzzle box openings even after their food reward was gone, suggesting they explore for the sake of learning, not just ...

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 ...

Watch a wild racoon play some lovely jazz on a mini piano. Racoons are known to be quite intelligent, with amazing dexterity, but the jazz raccoon goes above and beyond with its unexpected musical ...

Raccoons living in America’s cities may be showing subtle physical changes that suggest the earliest stages of what scientists call “domestication syndrome,” but a Kansas State University wildlife ...

For 10 days in early February, neighbors in South Philly tried to capture a raccoon that was struggling to survive amid the city's longest cold snap in more than two decades. Benito, as they ...