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 ...

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 ...

The Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary, the nation's largest reptile refuge, is set to host its first post-COVID fundraiser.

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 ...

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 ...

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 Brevard Zoo announced two white-nosed coatis were pregnant March 22, and the moms gave birth in April. Screengrab from the Brevard Zoo's Facebook post Eight coati babies were born at a Florida zoo ...

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 ...

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 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 COUNTY, Fla – Two white-nosed coatis have made their debut at the Brevard Zoo and are now part of the coati band, according to the zoo’s website. Sky and Rita came to join Brevard Zoo’s older ...

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 ...