In the 19th century, Charles Darwin was one of the first to notice something interesting about domesticated animals: different species often developed similar changes when compared to their ancient ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Wildlife experts say the local raccoon population is changing as members of the ‘trash pandas’ show signs of becoming more comfortable with city life. Raccoons are a familiar sight ...

Raccoons that live in cities near humans are showing physical changes that are similar to the domestication of cats and dogs, researchers said. Photo by Edwin Butter/Adobe Stock/HealthDay News That ...

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. The ...

Researchers compared thousands of images of raccoons from iNaturalist, a website where users post images of flora and fauna, based on location. They found that raccoons photographed in urban areas in ...

Though dogs are so close genetically to wolves that many taxonomists consider them to be a subspecies, most people wouldn’t let a wolf lick their hand as readily as a Shih Tzu. When animals are ...

That resourceful "trash panda" digging through your garbage may be more than just a nuisance—it could be a living example of evolution in progress. A new study suggests that raccoons living near ...

City-dwelling raccoons are showing early signs of domestication, a new study finds. Using photos uploaded to the citizen science platform iNaturalist, researchers found that raccoons in urban ...

Ben Thomas Gleeson receives funding from an Australian Government RTP Scholarship. Laura A. B. Wilson receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In the 19th century, Charles Darwin was one ...

Raccoons have faces that perhaps only a mother could love, but their features seem to be changing, biologists report. After combing through nearly 20,000 images of the so-called “trash pandas” ...