Raccoons are incredibly smart animals and quick learners, often able to open doors, cupboards, and just about anything else ...

While an animal control expert is your best and safest bet to get a raccoon out of the house, a few simple sensory deterrents ...

A friend in Denver was being driven to distraction by the destruction in her garden. Pots were overturned and scattered, transplants dug up and tossed aside with alarming regularity. She put the ...

People often mistake raccoons' clever behavior and expressive faces for signs of friendliness. Videos of them rummaging through drawers or getting hand-fed snacks make it easy to forget they’re wild ...

Q: I enjoyed the letter about living with raccoons. We have been enjoying our masked visitors for 20 years, since our son went off to college. I feed them dog kibble and occasionally poultry bones.

MONTEREY — Just before Thanksgiving, Sharon Foster was gathering things out of her car when she heard a bark. She had set her 4-pound Maltipoo, Cissy, on the ground just moments before and now saw ...

Download this free printable raccoon pumpkin stencil! Perfect for Halloween carving, easy to use, and a fun way to make your pumpkin with an animal design. Don’t miss out on my other printable pumpkin ...

This raccoon wants to remind you of a very important and topical lesson Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on MTV, ...

Ever since dogs first joined us by our campfires, according to biologist Jared Diamond, humans have tried to domesticate virtually every other animal. Yet we've succeeded with only a handful of ...

With the possible exception of a certain overly aggressive red squirrel who tried to bite off a couple of my fingers at the elbow, the meanest animal I ever worked with was a small, but surprisingly ...