Some may call them dangerous wild animals, but for Stephen Kaspar, raccoons — or "masked bandits," as he calls them — are ...

Jefferson County Public Health has just alerted the public that a third raccoon this year has tested positive for rabies. In ...

Stephen Kaspar feeding a raccoon. “I would caution people that ... “There’s so much misinformation from diseases and rabies and temperament, and it’s baffling to me how misunderstood ...

Recent viral mutations have shown avian influenza’s adaptability to mammalian hosts, prompting infectious disease, animal ...