A small raccoon-like mammal known as a "kinkajou" was rescued earlier this week after being found climbing a dusty Washington road pole. The nocturnal critters are indigenous to the rainforest and ...

A kinkajou, a rainforest animal that looks similar to a lemur, was discovered far from its natural habitat. The animal was found at the east Selah Creek rest area near Yakima over the weekend, ...

Kinkajous are many things — nocturnal, carnivorous and a close relative of the raccoon. One thing they are not, however, are local to Yakima. But one notion-defying kinkajou temporarily underwent ...

A young kinkajou was found Sunday in the great tropical rainforest of … Yakima? Either someone dropped off the kinkajou, or it escaped, at the Selah Creek Rest Area on Interstate 82, the Washington ...

SEATTLE — Animal news in Washington state has kept locals on their toes this year, with bizarre encounters and unexpected rescues making headlines. Early in the year, a woman survived a cougar attack ...