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 ...

Five, three-month-old South American coatis jumped on rocks, climbed trees, and dug in the dirt in their new habitat at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in photos released Tuesday The young coati ...

The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Boston Adoption Center took in many animals on Monday night from a not so typical location — the back of a U-Haul truck. Rescued on ...

Part of the raccoon family, these elusive mammals are full of surprises. The main difference is that mountain coatis are significantly smaller, averaging about 19 inches in size compared with the ...

They are coming for your food, for your pet’s food and for your garbage. With their cute little turned-up noses, bushy tails and adorable squeaking sounds, the coatis (Nasua narica) are coming in ...

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, ...

When Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute postdoctoral fellow Ben Hirsch found that juvenile ring-tailed coatis regularly attack stronger, older coatis and often even receive help from adult ...

A tourist in Mexico woke up to an adorable surprise when a group of curious coatis gathered outside her hotel window in Playa del Carmen. Video from Nina Schmeits shows several of the long-nosed ...

Brevard Zoo in Viera announced Wednesday it recently welcomed two young coatis from Texas and are working to introduce them to their current troop of five. The new female white-nosed coatis, a type of ...

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Vol. 65, No. 4 (April 2011), pp. 581-591 (11 pages) The location of an animal within a social group has important effects on feeding success. When animals consume ...

EL PARQUE NACIONAL DE IGUAZU, Argentina—El Parque Nacional de Iguazú is nestled in the northeastern tip of Argentina, topping the arm that juts out into Brazil and Paraguay like a gaucho flexing his ...