Seattle and King County Public Health Department advise you to flush your toilet if you find a rat in it! Here's how they got ...

Prairie Village recently allowed one resident to keep her new monkey. But the new rules leave the owner feeling frustrated: ...

Michigan law bans feeding deer in the Lower Peninsula. But what about the squirrels, birds and bunnies that wander into your ...

The pristine green expanse in front of your home no longer resembles the smooth pasture you worked so hard to cultivate.

STATEWIDE — It’s important to check the status of your roof this holiday season in Indiana. There’s always the chance of snow and ice in the Hoosier state during the winter months. That can easily ...

Icicles forming on gutters can be a sign of ice dams, a buildup of ice that can cause damage to roofs and gutters. Ice dams form when snow melts on a roof and refreezes at the edge, preventing water ...

Florida is one of 13 states that allow individuals to own raccoons for personal use To own a raccoon as a pet in Florida, you must get a Class III wildlife permit from the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

If raccoons are wild animals, why are they so darn cute? If that’s a question you’ve ever asked yourself while looking at a picture of the furry urban dwellers with their beady eyes and tiny paws, you ...

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Homeowners across western Washington are finding their lawns torn apart by an unlikely partnership: crows and raccoons simultaneously working to dig up invasive beetle grubs.

A growing fascination with raccoons on social media — and new scientific research suggesting the animals are becoming physically “cuter” — may be fueling their rise as unconventional household pets, ...

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 ...