A friendly challenge sparked by a portrait of Jimothy, Seattle’s favorite short-spined raccoon, drew in regional heavyweights ...

Is ‘Jimothy’? Social media has become obsessed with an oddly shaped raccoon from Seattle—here’s everything you need to know.

It all began with an innocuous video shared by Seattle resident Kiana Hall on Instagram.

Jimothy fever continues apace in the Emerald City.

It's been a little more than a week since Jimothy mania took the internet by storm. Here's a few of the places the viral raccoon has popped up.

An unusually shaped raccoon named Jimothy has become one of Seattle’s newest hometown celebrities. The city’s baseball team also joined in on the celebration. The Seattle Mariners announced a ...

With a name that embodies the spirit of compromise, maybe it’s not surprising that while everyone’s obsessed with Jimothy the ...

The state legend becomes a local cookie at Kennewick bakery.

Samuel I. Zeveloff is professor emeritus of zoology at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, and the author of “Raccoons: A ...

Kiana Hall, a 33-year-old marketing specialist who named the unique-looking raccoon, tells TODAY.com, “I looked at him and he looked like a ‘Jimothy.’” ...

A sophisticated brain and maternal care may have helped internet sensation Jimothy the raccoon survive the wild with a rare ...

In the video, Hall named the raccoon Jimothy, later stating , "He just looked like a Jimothy to me." A raccoon with a rare ...