Last July, my backyard trail camera in Southeast Portland’s Foster-Powell neighborhood captured a dexterous raccoon along a fenceline unraveling an old clothesline that was tied up in its ...

Two people in Los Angeles County are sick with a rare parasitic infection known as “raccoon roundworm,” according to officials. The parasite, called Baylisascaris procyonis, was found in the ...

Here’s how to keep raccoons away from your home and garden. With their prominent “bandit” masks, furry ringed tails, and ...

Racoon roundworm lives in the intestines of raccoons. While raccoons themselves will not fall sick, their feces can carry the roundworms’ eggs. Humans can then become infected if they consume ...

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.

My love/hate affair with the raccoon goes back more than half a century. My first exposure to this masked, ring-tailed varmint came through such books as “Rascal,” a 1963 children’s book by ...

Two pet dogs at an East Brunswick home took on a raccoon that later tested positive for rabies, Middlesex County health officials said Tuesday. According to the Middlesex County Office of Health ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is looking into two human cases of a rare parasitic infection that comes from raccoons. Baylisascaris procyonis is a type of parasite that lives ...

(KTLA) — A rare parasitic infection that is linked to raccoons has been detected in two people in Southern California, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced. Baylisascaris ...

Just look at the Daily Hiss Crew! This is a group of raccoons and cats from Maine who all found a friend (and chef) in one generous resident. She feeds them all from the comfort of her porch ...