We strongly associate raccoons with cities and suburbs now, but that wasn't always the case. Before they were known as "trash pandas," raccoons mostly kept to forests and, farther back in their ...

In the relationship between humans and raccoons, the black-masked mammals have played many roles Samuel I. Zeveloff The raccoon has long held our fascination, admiration, and even our disdain. Perhaps ...

Raccoons are often seen as cute and harmless wildlife—but that is a misconception. "Raccoons are native animals," "They reproduce faster when hunted," "Everything about raccoons has already been said" ...

A new study has raccoon lovers wondering whether the internet's favorite trash pandas are inching closer to domestication. Biologists at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock analyzed images of ...

Biologists at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock analyzed images of urban and rural raccoons and found that city-dwelling raccoons have noticeably shorter snouts, a classic marker of early ...