A raccoon found near Norton Street in Hopewell tested positive for rabies, according to the Crater Health District.

A raccoon in Ellabell has tested positive for rabies. Bryan County officials remind residents to avoid wild animals and make ...

City-dwelling raccoons are physically changing as they adapt to human environments. They are, however, still wild animals.

Here’s what you need to know about owning a raccoon as a pet in Florida, and how some exotic pets in Florida are classified ...

Rabid raccoon found near Nelson Mill Road in Jarrettsville prompts health warning. Harford County urges residents to report ...

A raccoon found in northern Harford County has tested positive for rabies, prompting health officials to warn residents to ...

Evolutionary biologist Pamela Yeh and animal domestication expert Raffaela Lesch join Host Flora Lichtman to discuss how ...

If raccoons are wild animals, why are they so darn cute? If that’s a question you’ve ever asked yourself while looking at a picture of the furry urban dwellers with their beady eyes and tiny paws, you ...

A new study found that your favorite city-dwelling trash pandas are evolving to become cuter, an early sign of domestication. There's only one problem in Texas—owning a raccoon as a pet is illegal.

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 ...