Some animals have more iconic appearances than others — like poison dart frogs, zebras, and cheetahs. Another member of this infamous family: a raccoon. With a bandit-like black mask around ...

The DIY contraptions that animal behavior scientists create range from ingeniously simple to incredibly complex. All of them ...

The raccoon has been collected by animal welfare and will be released later. Evan Frost and Tim Nelson, journalists with Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), documented the raccoon's nerve-wracking ...

Barbara has written lifestyle content professionally for two decades. In the past five years, she has narrowed her focus to real estate and home improvement, writing for Forbes Home, Apartment ...

Video: Cocaine sharks aren't the only animals getting high ... moment Ottawa residents Julie and Mike Fong found a 'drunk' raccoon passed out on their property, after a spate of similar sightings ...

The English word raccoon comes from the Powhatan word aroughcun, which means “animal that scratches with its hands.” The ...

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Getty Images It was feared escaped raccoon dogs would compete with native foxes and badgers for food and shelter "These are wild animals," said Ms Jayson. "They need large home ranges. We have ...

While this isn’t legal everywhere, some areas do allow raccoons to be kept as pets. However, these animals aren’t domesticated and haven’t been bred to interact with people. Therefore ...

Exasperating the problem is trying to figure out a “humane” way of exterminating the animals. In Tomioka, captured raccoons were typically put in a cage and dunked in a tank filled with water.

Invasive plants tend to push out advantageous native species and cause other negative ripple effects. For example, tree of ...