It is legal to own a raccoon as a pet in Florida, but it requires a free permit from the FWC. Raccoons are classified as Class 3 wildlife, a category that also includes foxes, skunks, and many exotic ...

Raccoons living in America’s cities may be showing subtle physical changes that suggest the earliest stages of what scientists call “domestication syndrome,” but a Kansas State University wildlife ...

Dogs showed up between 15,000 and 30,000 years ago, attracted by the smell of cookfires and food scraps. When we started doing agriculture and started storing lots of grain, that attracted rodents, ...

LONE STAR, Texas (KLTV) - Lone Star Police Department announced on Monday that three sick raccoons have been found in one area of town over the last four days. The animals were put down and their ...

The intoxicated raccoon that went viral and inspired merchandise is likely a repeat offender that broke into multiple buildings in a Virginia county, including a karate studio, according to a local ...

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 first ...

A growing fascination with raccoons on social media — and new scientific research suggesting the animals are becoming physically “cuter” — may be fueling their rise as unconventional household pets, ...

The days of trash-talking raccoons may be coming to an end. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology found that city-dwelling raccoons are showing early signs of domestication — and ...

Raccoons are undeniably adorable, with their bandit-like masks and those clever little hands that seem almost human. It’s no wonder some people look at them and think, "Wouldn’t that make an amazing ...

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With dexterous childlike hands and cheeky “masks,” raccoons are North America’s ubiquitous backyard bandits. The critters are so comfortable in human environments, in fact, that a new study finds that ...