Raccoons are famous for "washing" their food, but this behavior, called dousing, isn't really about cleanliness. Hosted by: ...

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Bizarre raccoon behavior seems them solve puzzles even without food rewards, suggesting they are driven by curiosity and information-seeking.

Ever woken up to find that a crafty raccoon has overturned your garbage bin and spread the discarded contents of your life across the street? Raccoons — sometimes referred to as “trash pandas” — are ...

Raccoons are curious, clever, and occasionally caught red-handed in your trash bin. These masked bandits have quite the reputation, but not all of it is deserved. As a matter of fact, raccoons have ...

They raid compost bins, outsmart latches and sometimes look gleeful doing it. A new study in Animal Behaviour suggests raccoons may not just be opportunistic—they may be genuinely curious. UBC ...

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When Carlyn Porter, emergency response and epidemiology program administrator for Pitkin County, started her job, she received a raccoon head in a candy container. With animals bigger than a bat ...