West Plains, MO. – The Missouri Department of Conservation and the University of Missouri extension office in Howell County are holding a class meant to teach people how to handle […]

TOWN OF LAURENS—A racoon in the Town of Laurens has tested positive for rabies, according to a report released on Friday, January 17 by the Otsego County Department of Health.

LEBANON TWP. - The Hunterdon County Department of Health issued a public health alert informing residents that a wild raccoon tested positive for rabies on Friday, Jan. 3, in the

Biologists and veterinarians with the WDFW said they are seeing an increase in likely cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Washington wildlife.

Bob the Raccoon had been missing for a while but showed up last week.

State health officials are urging anyone who came in contact with a raccoon found dead on Cape Cod that later tested positive for rabies to contact them and take a risk assessment for the disease.

NEW YORK- The union representing the State’s Environmental Conservation Officers has come to their defense in the wake of the recent death of “P-Nut the squirrel” and “Fred the Raccoon” in Chemung County. The Police Benevolent Association of New York State (PBA) wrote that the public has been greatly misled by social media messaging that […]

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Recently analyzed data point to masked palm civets and civets at the Huanan market in Wuhan.

Raccoon moms can give birth to up to six babies -- with healthy appetites -- in a den she makes in a hollowed area of a tree.

A dog, cat, and baby raccoon were found inside the vehicles involved in a head-on collision at NC Highway 33 that hospitalized two people.