The shorter faces of these city-dwelling trash bandits offer a telltale sign of domestication and line up with a leading ...

The biologists determined that city-dwelling North American raccoons (Procyon lotor) have snouts that are 3.5% shorter than ...

City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals ...

Raccoons are undeniably adorable, with their bandit-like masks and those clever little hands that seem almost human. It’s no ...

Urban raccoons are developing significantly shorter snouts than their rural cousins. This suggests that raccoons are entering ...

A new study shows that raccoons are physically changing to become more domestic as they continue to live near humans.

Raccoons have easy access to food in the form of human trash. It could be jump-starting physical and behavioral changes in ...

Raccoons may have a mischievous reputation, but these clever, masked bandits bring unexpected benefits to your yard. Far from ...

A wild animal that recently found itself stuck in a vehicle was rescued thanks to help from two local organizations. "According to myth, cats have nine lives. Thanks to the combined efforts of ...

The animal will stay with a licensed wildlife rehabilitator until it learns the skills needed to be released into the wild," ...