The Sequoia Park Zoo announced the passing of their cherished 9-year-old raccoon, Huckleberry, affectionately known as Huck, ...

Raccoons not only eat the eggs, but they also eat baby alligators if the mother gator leaves the nest unattended. Some researchers estimate as high as 80% of young alligators are killed, and ...

Skeptics may doubt the photo is real, but raccoon and alligator encounters do happen. The Ocala National Forest north of Orlando, Florida is home to hundreds of animal species. The forest is around ...

A Kamloops resident looked up to see a raccoon peering through her glass patio door a few days ago, and it appeared to be ...

Raccoons are a common problem for many suburban dwellers. Though these little creatures are cute in theory, they can also wreak havoc in their search for food. I live on a quiet, woodsy street and ...

Raccoon (Procyon lotor), also known as the North American raccoon. Image via Depositphotos. Welcome to an insight into the adorable and misunderstood baby raccoons. Baby raccoons are some of the most ...

It’s not unusual for Vicki Appel’s doorbell camera to catch raccoons, opossums and other critters wandering through the backyard of her Massapequa Park home at night. But she was startled a ...

“There is a large focus on raccoon dogs,” says Kristian Andersen, an evolutionary biologist at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California. Some scientists, including virologist Edward Holmes at ...

PINE GROVE, Pa. (AP) — The buffet line inside the fire hall in rural Pennsylvania was a familiar sight last weekend as a crowd of about 150 people heaped dinner onto their plates before sitting ...

Last year, New York state authorities seized and euthanized an Instagram-famous squirrel named Peanut and a raccoon named Fred. In New York, it’s illegal to keep animals like squirrels and ...

One suburban Kansas resident is pressing state lawmakers to legalize raccoons as pets. He says they're smarter and friendlier than people give them credit for. Now, a real "Mr. Smith Goes To ...