Raccoons are evolving to be as cute and cuddly as pets — and they want inside your homes

The days of trash-talking raccoons may be coming to an end. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology found ...
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Rabies Confirmed in La Plata Raccoon Near Oriole Lane

The Charles County Department of Health confirmed November 24 that a raccoon collected near Oriole Lane in La Plata tested ...
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I Thought Raccoons Were Just Cute Trouble-Makers — Until I Learned How Smart They Really Are

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

Research Shows Raccoons Are Definitely Trying to Domesticate Themselves—Here's What We Know

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

The Time Calvin Coolidge’s Pet Raccoon Was Meant to Be Thanksgiving Dinner

Americans send presidents letters or small gifts to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for a variety of reasons. But one woman took it a step further in 1926, sending President Calvin Coolidge a raccoon for ...

A monkey for a pet in MS? What you need to know about wild animals for pets in the state

Mississippi considers some animals to be inherently dangerous and others are considered to be public resources.

Raccoons have an endless buffet of urban trash. New evidence hints it could be sparking ...

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

Raccoons as household pets becoming more popular in America: report

A growing fascination with raccoons on social media — and new scientific research suggesting the animals are becoming ...
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City Raccoons Are Domesticating Themselves — And Evolving To Be More Like Pets To Get Our ...

A new study found that urban raccoons had notably shorter snouts than their rural cousins, an early indicator of ...