In this web exclusive video, experts discuss the connection between raccoon dexterity, the animal's immense curiosity in objects, and intelligence.

This web exclusive video looks at the benefits of engaging in animal play— teaching animals about how things work, the physics of the world, and what to do and what not to do.

How does the size of urban raccoon territory compare to that of its rural counterpart? This web-exclusive video interviews experts who participated in a study to learn more about raccoon city geography.

New insights about a species that is far more smart and wily than most ever imagined. Is city life cultivating “über-raccoons,” ready to take over the world? Raccoon Nation airs Wednesday, October 31 at 8/7c (check local listings).

This video resource explores how raccoon kits learn from their mother.

This video resource explores how scientists are using technology to gain a deeper understanding of raccoon behavior.

This video resource explores the migration of raccoons to big cities and traits that help them thrive in urban environments.

This video resource explores how thousands of raccoons ended up in Japan and the dangers they pose to sacred temples and shrines.

Are human beings, in an effort to outwit raccoons, actually making them smarter and unwittingly contributing to their evolutionary success? Watch the full episode of the PBS Nature film, Raccoon Nation.

Black masks, omnivorous eating habits, and dexterous paws. Facts and stats about Procyon lotor.