Ever woken up to find that a crafty raccoon has overturned your garbage bin and spread the discarded contents of your life ...

But new research published in Animal Behaviour suggests raccoons will try to solve problems even when they don’t expect a food reward for the work. The scientists describe the behavior as foraging for ...

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Bizarre raccoon behavior seems them solve puzzles even without food rewards, suggesting they are driven by curiosity and ...