Raccoons are not fussy. They eat nearly everything and live almost everywhere. Here's what an animal expert recommends if you ...

Habits. Raccoons are not very social creatures. They are nocturnal and sleep during the day. During the winter, they tend to sleep more, but they do not hibernate in the traditional sense.

Raccoons are not true hibernators, but they will “den up” inside a den or similar cavity and sleep away large chunks of the day and night whenever temperatures drop much below freezing.

While raccoons are not true hibernators, they can sleep for up to a month during cold weather. However, they do not lower their body temperatures or heart rates to the extent that other ...

Police in Ohio have posted images of a raccoon that broke into the home of a resident in the city of North Ridgeville and fell asleep in the dishwasher.

Raccoon dogs are the only canid that hibernates in winter. Between November and April every year, the animals take a long nap , but they don’t sleep too deeply.

MOSCOW, February 11. /TASS/. Raccoons at Moscow’s Zoo have finally entered a wintertime slumber, known as carnivore lethargy or torpor, two months later than they should have, the Moscow Zoo ...