Despite its name, a raccoon dog is neither a raccoon nor a dog, but it does belong to the canid family, the lineage that includes dogs, wolves, and foxes.Here are some fascinating facts about the ...

A raccoon-sized bear that lived a short and painful life some 32 million years ago has suddenly risen to prominence thanks to a new paper that has declared it a new species, Eoarctos vorax.The ...

The Eoarctos vorax, a bear-raccoon-otter-like mammal that lived 32 million years ago in present-day North Dakota and had a taste for mollusks. ... The skeleton includes the baculum, ...