Trash pandas’ talent for escaping via lab vents may frustrate researchers, but their problem-solving skills make their brains ...

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

A raccoon in a trash can. 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, ...

Raccoons living in America’s cities may be showing early indications of what scientists call “domestication syndrome.” ...

Raccoons are appearing more frequently in our surroundings–and with them, many questions. What does this actually mean for us? Do the animals transmit dangerous diseases? PETBOOK explains how ...

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

Most of us see raccoons as troublemakers that raid bins and disappear before sunrise, so the idea of keeping one at home feels strange. Even so, their behavior in cities is shifting. They’re figuring ...

Having endured a long journey across the ocean with no food, the raccoon was placed in the care of specialists at the ...