ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- The raccoon that attacked a 6-year-old boy walking to school in New Jersey earlier this week has tested positive for rabies, causing police to issue a public safety alert. The ...

Japan’s raccoon infestation has gotten considerably worse over the last decade, multiple Japanese news sources are reporting. Nearly 1,300 raccoons were captured during the 2022 fiscal year, said ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – The first cases of rabies this year in New Hanover County have been identified in raccoons, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. Monday, Animal ...

Studio Ghibli’s wildest hidden gem features shape-shifting raccoons using bizarre powers to fight human expansion and save ...

The moment a dog found some unusual playmates has been melting hearts online as a Chihuahua is caught on camera playing with three young wild raccoons. The footage, which has amassed millions of views ...

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 ...

And just like that, the woman’s yard became a sanctuary to Rocky and his homies. In what can only be described as a real-life 2024 reboot of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 horror classic The Birds, a Poulsbo ...

An 82-year-old man has developed a remarkable bond with a raccoon and her family.Dick Clark, an animal lover from Woodbury, Connecticut, has been welcoming the raccoon into his life for over a year.