The very moment I opened the back door so Dolly could do her end-of-day potty chore before bedtime, she shot across the patio then the backyard right to the back fence and barking with unusual vigor.

Raccoons have easy access to food in the form of human trash. It could be jump-starting physical and behavioral changes in the masked bandits, new research suggests.

While raccoons have long been a staple of life in the U.S., they are becoming increasingly common in Europe and are threatening local species. These raccoons are an especially serious problem in ...