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 ...

Bolg amondol was a raccoon-sized armored mostesaurian lizard that lived about 77 million years ago, similar to today’s Gila monsters ( Heloderma horridum ). It is named after the goblin prince from ...

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, ...

Pet raccoon Chewy was found with a meth pipe in his mouth when his owner Victoria Vidal was pulled over during routine traffic stop in Springfield Township, Ohio, Monday -- which led to a big drug ...

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A Summit County woman was arrested Monday on multiple drug charges after police discovered a raccoon with a meth pipe in its mouth in the front seat of her vehicle.

A raccoon allegedly attacked a man in a Market Basket parking lot in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Tuesday, officials say. Police were not able to locate the raccoon following the incident.

MacCallum High School in Austin, Texas, has reportedly seen rising raccoon incidents in recent weeks as the animals have been found in walls and falling through the ceiling.

A sixth rabid raccoon has been found in the same Long Island town since January -- sparking concern from officials who say the last year one of the sick animals was discovered in the area was 2009.

A pet raccoon named Chewy was in the driver's seat of a car in central Ohio earlier this week, holding a glass meth pipe in its mouth, according to police.

Chewy the raccoon's owner, Victoria Vidal, 55, was arrested in Springfield Township, Ohio near Akron, after a traffic stop led to police discovering that she was driving with an active warrant and ...

A fossil found in Utah two decades ago now gives researchers a better understanding of what Utah's ecosystem looked like 76 million years ago.

Ultimately, the taxidermy raccoon was used as the basis for a skeleton for a complex system of animatronics… while the outside was kept as lo-fi as possible.