It’s unclear who was more scared, the unwanted invader or the sleepy guy who found it, but my screams sent the raccoon scurrying back out the cat door to the backyard — which was the means by ...

Opens in a new tab or window While two people in Los Angeles County recently were infected with "raccoon roundworm," the infection is rare and doesn't pose a widespread threat, experts said.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Essentially, the rapid transformation of natural landscapes into urban environments forces animals to adapt or perish. For dietary generalists like raccoons, the ability to innovate can mean the ...

What better way to honour Toronto's unofficial animal mascot, the raccoon, than with its own dedicated park, complete with a giant trash panda head? Raccoon Park is an ode to our mischievous four ...

(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 ...

The ICON Water Trails project is one step closer to being fully funded, with the Raccoon River portion along Fleur Drive slated to receive $1 million in federal funds and break ground next year.