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Are Raccoons Rodents?

Raccoons are medium-sized mammals that are native to North America and Mexico. These critters have also been introduced to ...
Want to know how to keep raccoons away from your property? Discover effective methods and prevention tips in this comprehensive guide.
The beloved “trash panda,” also known as the raccoon (Procyon lotor), can survive in just about any type of environment.
DENVER (KDVR) — A baby raccoon is back in its natural habitat after it was rescued from the engine compartment of a tractor-trailer truck in Arapahoe County. The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office ...
This article originally appeared on Undark. This August, government airplanes and helicopters have been dropping tiny parcels from the sky for raccoons to find. Each one is about the size of a ketchup ...
Excluding Rocky, the gun-toting hero of the old Beatles song, Bandit may have been the biggest name in the raccoon world. Tipping the scales at 72 pounds, three times normal, this giant made the ...
There’s an adage that’s been making the rounds in suburbia for the better part of 60 years, and it goes like this: “Well, what do you expect? We’re in their habitat.” It’s something you hear every ...
Human-Wildlife Interactions, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Winter 2023), pp. 310-322 (13 pages) Managing human–wildlife incidents dominates the attention and resources of many wildlife management programs. National ...
This summer, Vancouverites can turn their backyards into a raccoon IQ test to help researchers figure out just how brainy your average “trash panda” is. Raccoons have big brains and thrive in complex ...
Squirrels, ducks and rabbits may be ubiquitous around Indianapolis, but what other wildlife lurks in the city's hidden corners? After encountering a fox in northern Indianapolis, a reader asked us ...