Something’s up with raccoons. Scientists have recently reported that those living in US cities have evolved much shorter snouts than their rural counterparts, a sure sign that urban “trash pandas” ...

Our cities are chaotic and dangerous, yet some wild animals, like raccoons, not only survive but thrive.

PHILADELPHIA -- We could all use a night like this. A raccoon seemed quite cozy, lounging in a hammock in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia. Sarah McAnulty heard rustling on her porch while she was ...