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The days of trash-talking raccoons may be coming to an end. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology found that city-dwelling raccoons are showing early signs of domestication — and ...

DERBY — A raccoon that was seized from Derby last month is alive and with a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said on Wednesday afternoon.

DERBY — A woman who helps run a local pizzeria said she rescued a baby raccoon, keeping it in an outdoor habitat, before authorities seized the animal last month. In a statement Tuesday from the state ...

Raccoons are undeniably adorable, with their bandit-like masks and those clever little hands that seem almost human. It’s no wonder some people look at them and think, "Wouldn’t that make an amazing ...

DERBY, Conn. (WTNH) — A raccoon was removed from a restaurant in Derby last month, according to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Following an ...

Raccoons are developing pet-like features, with Scientific American citing a peer-reviewed study that found urban raccoons have shorter snouts than rural ones — an early hallmark of domestication. “If ...

Americans send presidents letters or small gifts to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. for a variety of reasons. But one woman took it a step further in 1926, sending President Calvin Coolidge a raccoon for ...

The clever, adaptable urban raccoon may be evolving a shorter snout — a key physical trait of pets and other domesticated animals. The new finding describes what a biologist says could be the first ...

Nashua health officials earlier this week issued a rabies warning after a raccoon captured in the Westgate Village neighborhood tested positive for the disease. The warning is designed to alert ...

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