If you’re planning a whimsical animal burglary, you’ll definitely want a raccoon anchoring your squad. In a bizarre 1908 study by ethologist H.B. David, raccoons were able to pick complex locks in ...

Raccoons can open 11 of 13 complex locks on one box in fewer than 10 attempts. These locks include bolts, hooks, lift latches, levers and other devices that must be manipulated in a precise order to ...

THERE ARE PLENTY of reasons to go to the Hiram M. Chittenden (Ballard) Locks. Fans of civil engineering can marvel at the infrastructural feat of the Locks themselves, a massive complex spanning the ...