Research Shows Raccoons Are Definitely Trying to Domesticate Themselves—Here's What We Know

In the University of Arkansas study, researchers looked at almost 20,000 images of raccoons across the United States. They ...
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A Study Shows Raccoons Are Actually Evolving to Be Cuter–Here's Why

In the University of Arkansas study, researchers looked at almost 20,000 images of raccoons across the United States. They ...

Human trash drives evolutionary changes in urban raccoons

Lesch’s theory is that the main driver of the domestication is human trash. “Animals love our trash. It’s an easy source of ...

Scientists say raccoons are showing early domestication traits. The internet: “sign me up”

Biologists at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock analyzed images of urban and rural raccoons and found that ...
New York Post

See the stinky way NYC trying to immunize city’s raccoons after rabies infections surge to 5-year high

Finally, some garbage we want raccoons to rip into. The city is using the trash panda’s love of human refuse to help vaccinate the woodland creatures from rabies — after cases of the deadly disease ...
The News Journal

In Delaware, is it illegal to own a raccoon as a pet?

Maybe you were up at 2 a.m. and saw YouTube randomly recommend the video of the guy casually feeding an army of cute raccoons, a video that racked up over 43 million views. Or maybe you're a fan of ...
The Boston Globe

Dead raccoons and dry wells: the alarming toll of Maine’s drought

Raccoons’ bodies are strewn along our roads and highways. ‘I’ve never seen anything like it,’ neighbors say. ‘It’s like a massacre.’ Caitlin Shetterly’s new novel, “The Gulf of Lions,” will be ...