Raccoons have a great many natural predators, but as these have been reduced in the wild, raccoon numbers have exploded.

"It's scary to know I had that many places for them to come in." ...

Most of us dream of having our own home overlooking the beautiful Central Park in New York City. While most of those homes ...

If raccoons are wild animals, why are they so darn cute? If that’s a question you’ve ever asked yourself while looking at a picture of the furry urban dwellers with their beady eyes and tiny paws, you ...

"I’m not sure why they were trying to blend in!" ...

Last summer, we reported on a juvenile raccoon which, with his head stuck in a peanut butter jar, as if he were a character ...

They raid compost bins, outsmart latches and sometimes look gleeful doing it. A new UBC study in Animal Behaviour suggests raccoons may not just be opportunistic—they may be genuinely curious. UBC ...

A Memphis wildlife removal company set a new record last month, removing nearly two dozen raccoons from one Olive Branch ...

The woman, who has not been named, near Poulsbo, Washington, called the county sheriff, who sent deputies Feeding wild raccoons around her home had seemed harmless enough, if odd, for one woman in the ...

Angeline Academy freshman Eva Livingston won an entrepreneur competition with her invention that is sure to be in demand.

One person was attacked by a potentially rabid raccoon in Ridgewood over the weekend, prompting officials to issue a warning.

A pair of rowdy raccoons bit a 7-year-old boy and an adult in two separate attacks in a tony New York City suburb Saturday.