Raccoons are notorious for getting into garbage cans in search of food scraps. ©kingma photos/Shutterstock.com Garbage, including food scraps, is practically irresistible to raccoons due to the ...

Raccoons can be found in almost every habitat that provides them with food, shelter, and water across the continental United States. There are a number of distinguishing features on a raccoon’s face.

Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth. Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. Two people in Los Angeles have been ...

Sightings of the east-end raccoon colony shared on social media date back to early 2023. However, locals say it's possible the raccoons have existed there for much longer than that. "They had a ...

A rare parasitic infection known as raccoon roundworm has been confirmed in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Two people in the South Bay area of Los ...

Remember the raccoon dog? The adorable fox-like critter made headlines in the spring of 2023, when it was implicated in some preliminary research on the source of the virus that causes COVID-19.