As raccoons in cities like Toronto and Chicago increasingly rely on human trash for sustenance, they are demonstrating heightened problem-solving skills to access dumpsters and bins. This adaptation ...

Raccoons have long held the role of adorable bandits in the animal kingdom, and it’s not just because their black “mask” is the right costume for it. They are remarkably adept at sneaking into trash ...

ROSSLYN, VA (WPVI) -- A raccoon took a wild ride through part of Virginia on Friday while hitched to the back of a garbage truck. Reporter Helena B. Evich saw the little bandit gripping the ladder of ...

Researchers focused on raccoons' snout lengths to see whether the animals in urban areas might be diverging from their country kin. - jfox16 The clever, adaptable urban raccoon may be evolving a ...

Raccoons are curious, clever, and occasionally caught red-handed in your trash bin. These masked bandits have quite the reputation, but not all of it is deserved. As a matter of fact, raccoons have ...

In Ohio, trapping raccoons without a permit is allowed but relocation is illegal due to disease spread. Raccoons can transmit diseases like rabies, distemper and parvovirus to other animals and humans ...

(CNN) — The clever, adaptable urban raccoon may be evolving a shorter snout — a key physical trait of pets and other domesticated animals. The new finding describes what a biologist says could be the ...