Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dee / iStock / Getty Images Plus Determine if raccoons are your problem by looking for paw prints, scat, or disturbed plants, fish ...

Ever had raccoon dig up your lawn? Melanie Polinger of Manhattan Beach is feeling your pain. She wrote into our SoCal Garden Clinic to say: “We replaced our backyard lawn with Marathon sod in December ...

Learn how to get rid of raccoons and keep them from making your property their home with these prevention and removal tips. As cute as raccoons are, they are particularly mischievous animals that can ...

Raccoons are found across North America, residing in every kind of habitat from hardwood forests to coastal plains to swamps. Unlike some wildlife species, raccoons (Procyon lotor) thrive even in ...

Pepé Le Pew, Rascal and Pogo maybe cute characters on the screen, but skunks, raccoons and opossums are a nuisance in the backyard. They can even be dangerous. Classified as vertebrate pests by the UC ...

Looking for a free mini puzzle? Play the USA TODAY Quick Cross now. If it looks like a football team has been scrimmaging on your lawn, blame raccoons. They dig up the turf looking for grubs. Three ...

QUASQUETON - After 35 years' gardening in the geographic center of this Buchanan County town, I am at last confronted with the sweet corn grower's worst nightmare - raccoons. With the city limits no ...

Be sure to research local regulation on trapping and relocating as there are often protections against this practice. Raccoons are often pictured as cute, masked critters that snatch scraps from a ...