The exotic animals, native to South America, were found in a U-Haul with two chinchillas, a rabbit, two rats, three Quaker parrots, and three love birds Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She ...

Camera traps bring you closer to the secretive natural world and are an important conservation tool to study wildlife. This week we’re meeting an animal that is part of the raccoon family: the South ...

Coati are native to Central and South America and are illegal to own within San Antonio city limits, ACS said in a Facebook post. Credit: Facebook / City of San Antonio Animal Care Services The exotic ...

Salisbury Zoo will break ground June 17 on its first new habitat in 15+ years, featuring coatis and year-round viewing for ...

You may assume that metropolitan areas are devoid of wildlife, but that is very far from the truth. The remaining green spaces within the urban matrices of large cities can serve as corridors or ...

This is the charming moment four young white-nosed coatis take their first steps outside at Vienna Zoo. Footage shows the pups cautiously exploring their outdoor enclosure for the first time, closely ...

More than a dozen coatis in Tikal were suddenly sent scattering when a jaguar came out of nowhere to hunt one of the coati down, doing so at the feet of a woman recording the encounter on her phone.

For 15 years, the Quatis Project has monitored coati populations in Belo Horizonte’s Mangabeiras Municipal Park. Interactions with visitors, local residents and domestic animals contribute not only to ...

A recently arrived group of coatis (a lesser known raccoon-like animal) have settled so comfortably into the Melbourne Zoo that they have already produced three litters, with a total of 21 kittens, ...

The mystery of who owns the exotic, raccoon-like animal that got loose in Raleigh has been solved. Kailey Duke and Camden Willis said they're the proud owners of Ryuk, a white-nosed coati found off ...