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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Just look at that cute little face. And those adorable paws! Who hasn't looked at a raccoon at some point and thought, "Can I ...

Lesch’s theory is that the main driver of the domestication is human trash. “Animals love our trash. It’s an easy source of ...

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