Raccoons may be inching closer to becoming America's next pet. Affectionately referred to as trash pandas, the masked mammals ...

The days of trash-talking raccoons may be coming to an end. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology found ...

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

In the University of Arkansas study, researchers looked at almost 20,000 images of raccoons across the United States. They ...

Across the United States, raccoons are slipping out of the shadows of the trash can and into living rooms, Instagram feeds ...

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

A growing fascination with raccoons on social media — and new scientific research suggesting the animals are becoming ...

Raccoons have easy access to food in the form of human trash. It could be jump-starting physical and behavioral changes in the masked bandits, new research suggests.

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

Raccoons have long held the role of adorable bandits in the animal kingdom, and it’s not just because their black “mask” is ...

Raccoons across US cities are showing physical signs of domestication. SF's masked bandits may be following the same ...

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