That resourceful "trash panda" digging through your garbage may be more than just a nuisance -- it could be a living example of evolution in progress.
A new study suggests that raccoons living near humans are showing physical changes in line with the earliest stages of domestication, much like the ancestors of dogs and cats.
The research, published recently in the journal Frontiers in Zoology, ******* yzed nearly 20,000 images of raccoons from across the continental United States.
The scientists, led by Raffaela Lesch of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, found a striking difference