Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orphaned on the side of the road after his mother was struck by a car, the little buck, Peppie, lived with the Kottke family for ...

"My mother has resigned herself to the fact that her grandchildren are mostly raccoons," said Sarah Bookbinder, 54.

Orphaned baby raccoons were rescued from Chase Center. Animal care officials say the kits appeared to have been living in the walls. One of the babies got its head stuck in the wall. SAN FRANCISCO - A ...

That resourceful "trash panda" digging through your garbage may be more than just a nuisance -- it could be a living example of evolution in progress. A new study suggests that raccoons living near ...

The days of trash-talking raccoons may be coming to an end. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology found that city-dwelling raccoons are showing early signs of domestication — and ...

He’s got a good eye for news. A news station in Cincinnati suspected they had a stowaway living inside their office, but were stunned to find the culprit was a wily raccoon seeking an “escape” from ...

In Ohio, trapping raccoons without a permit is allowed but relocation is illegal due to disease spread. Raccoons can transmit diseases like rabies, distemper and parvovirus to other animals and humans ...