· their several-year study in laramie, wyoming, involved trapping, tagging, releasing, and testing dozens of raccoons , and it shows which type of raccoon showed the most promising cognition. · in 2025, a university of arkansas at little rock study found that raccoons from urban environments have begun to show signs of domestication. · both of these iconic pets have been domesticated – evolved and adapted to live alongside humans – for millennia. · the critters are so comfortable in human environments, in fact, that a new study finds that raccoons living in urban areas are physically changing in response to life around humans—an early step. · a lot of people have been reaching out to us about a widely reported study that, according to the headlines, proves that raccoons are domesticating themselves. Researchers compared thousands of images of. · new scientific data shows raccoon evolution happening right in our cities. Raccoon experts found that urban raccoons have shorter snouts, more problem-solving ability, and reduced fear of. Half-serious social media posts are hailing this as the greatest news ever for people who fantasize about having a pet raccoon. And a recent study suggests that the common raccoon may be on its first steps. · to identify how and when innovation arises in urban-dwelling species, we used advanced technologies and new testing and analytical methods to evaluate innovative problem-solving abilities of wild raccoons (procyon lotor).

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