Only one substrate is almost as fun as snow when it comes to exploring the forest and tracking animals, and that is mud. Right now Oklahoma has plenty of soft, slippery, sticky mud. It's everywhere, ...

Sage Morgan, 3, holds up an item for Frances Slocum State Park naturalist Kathy Kelchner to see during a Raccoon Day event for children at the Kingston Township Park Saturday morning. Sage came to the ...

KINGSTON TOWNSHIP – It isn’t every day that you get to hold raccoon poop in your hands. But that’s what a group of preschoolers got to do at Frances Slocum State Park Saturday.

A study led by University of Arkansas at Little Rock researchers discovered that city raccoons are showing physical traits consistent with signs of domestication.