Raccoons are fascinating creatures that are not meant to be pets. Their playful antics and curious nature can be captivating, but beneath their charming exterior lies a host of challenges and risks ...

Articles in The Daily Courier this past week about the newly adopted county ordinance prohibiting the unlawful feeding of ...

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

Discover how urban raccoons are evolving shorter snouts and pet like traits to survive in cities, driven by easy trash access. Latest 2025 study reveals surprising domestication signs in North ...

The clever, adaptable urban "trash panda" may be evolving a shorter snout — a key physical trait of pets and other ...

HIGH SPRINGS, Fla. (WCJB) - The Alachua County Health Department has issued a rabies alert for an area near High Springs.

As we head into the holiday season, the state and several food banks have partnered to relaunch a program that makes it easy to donate large wild game meat to feed the needy.

The shorter faces of these city-dwelling trash bandits offer a telltale sign of domestication and line up with a leading ...

This article explores why raccoons aren’t just trouble-makers—they’re clever and resourceful, with amazing problem-solving ...

El Reno Animal Control officials on Thursday announced that a raccoon that had been captured this week has tested positive ...

A local business in Elizabethtown observed a raccoon displaying strange behavior, consistent with signs of rabies, Saturday.

Raccoons are undeniably adorable, with their bandit-like masks and those clever little hands that seem almost human. It’s no ...