Shoppers were shocked to find raccoons living within an artificial tree in the Chattanooga, Tennessee Bass Pro Shops.

A video shows a multitude of raccoons milling around, interacting with each other, climbing tree stumps: generally looking like an impatient crowd waiting for a Las Vegas buffet to open up.

hedges and trees, explaining the animals typically sleep during the day and become active at dusk. They explained raccoons are "not normally aggressive" but the sisters may be scared. One raccoon ...

Your support makes all the difference. A woman didn’t think much about feeding the raccoons near her house until nearly 100 of them showed up in her yard. Earlier this week, the unnamed woman ...

Raccoons prefer hollow logs in forested areas ... Likely latrine sites are trees, sandboxes, decks, and the nests themselves. Wear appropriate safety gear like long pants and shirts, gloves ...

Four sister raccoons have escaped from a zoo just three weeks after they arrived. The mammals broke out of Amazon World Zoo Park on the Isle of Wight on Thursday night. Zookeepers have deployed ...

They are excellent swimmers and climbers. They can rotate their back paws backward to help them climb head-first down trees. Raccoons eat plants and small animals. They like nuts, fruits ...

Tracker dogs and drones are scouring the Isle of Wight for four escaped female raccoons. The animals broke free of their compound overnight and haven't been at Amazon World Zoo Park for very long.