DENVER (KDVR) — A baby raccoon is back in its natural habitat after it was rescued from the engine compartment of a tractor-trailer truck in Arapahoe County. The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office ...

One out of three wild raccoons found in Seoul has been confirmed to be infected with heartworm. Heartworm parasitizes the heart and pulmonary arteries of dogs and cats, causing symptoms such as ...

They raid compost bins, outsmart latches and sometimes look gleeful doing it. A new study in Animal Behaviour suggests raccoons may not just be opportunistic—they may be genuinely curious.

A baby raccoon was awoken from its adorable slumber after being spotted in the engine compartment of a semi-truck in Colorado. The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office said on Monday that animal control ...

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It dons a black mask, scales gates, squeezes through open windows and is active mostly at night. Put on your night vision goggles and say hello – not to a human intruder but to the common raccoon.

Excluding Rocky, the gun-toting hero of the old Beatles song, Bandit may have been the biggest name in the raccoon world. Tipping the scales at 72 pounds, three times normal, this giant made the ...

WARSAW, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is inviting interested attendees to their online or in-person program on trapping raccoons. According to an MDC news release, residents are ...

Baylisascaris procyonis, the raccoon roundworm, is a zoonotic nematode of significant concern due to its potential to cause severe neurological disease in humans and wildlife. The parasite’s life ...