Raccoons (Procyon lotor) are captured frequently for research purposes using wire cage and various restraining traps, and gender biases exist in the animals' response to traps. Previous studies have ...

Outdoorsmen in this state are free to use enclosed foothold traps to capture raccoons and possums during trapping season. The Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court ruled Thursday in favor of ...

COCOA BEACH — Wildlife trapper James Dean spent Tuesday morning setting up traps with cat food to catch some problem raccoons. After hearing reports of raccoons approaching people at the boardwalk at ...

Longmont police are requesting information from anyone who can identify the owner of the raccoon trap. Call 303-651-8500. An adult raccoon slept off anesthesia Tuesday morning after he was detached ...

A trapped raccoon Friday morning at a park near 162nd and California Streets. The Nebraska Humane Society is warning adults and children about potentially dangerous raccoon traps in a west Omaha park.

Animal rights activists are calling on Connecticut to end what they say is a cruel method of trapping wild animals that is already banned in other states. The request came from Harvard law students in ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...