Though the western spotted skunk is less common and more elusive than the more familiar striped skunk, it’s doing better than its cousin back East, where populations have declined by at least 90% ...

Marie Tosa, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University, spent two and a half years trapping and tracking the movements of western spotted ...

Texas has five native species of skunk, more than any other state in the nation. These species are the striped skunk, western ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Love is in the air and that means seeing more pungent pests in the neighborhood. “It’s the skunk breeding season. So, through February and March they are up and moving and ...

Southeastern Naturalist, Vol. 20, Special Issue 11: Ecology and Conservation of the Eastern Spotted Skunk (2021), pp. 64-73 (10 pages) Once known as a regularly harvested fur bearer, Spilogale ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — A new study in Oregon's Cascade Range done by an Oregon State University graduate student reveals a "tube sock-like skunk" can cover more ground than deer and is sensitive to severe ...

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center is well known for taking in all sorts of animals rescued from the wild, but they currently have a first-time visitor: an Eastern ...

There’s an adage that’s been making the rounds in suburbia for the better part of 60 years, and it goes like this: “Well, what do you expect? We’re in their habitat.” It’s something you hear every ...

With all of the fuss lately about Punxsutawney Phil, our attention has been on some of the smaller creatures of the outdoors. The other day I was skinning out a skunk, and thinking there is an ...

An Iowa Department of Natural Resources project is correcting the mistakes of 100 years ago on the Skunk River and helping the declined monarch population, leaders say. Ryan Harr, an Iowa DNR special ...