Skunks are easy to identify by appearance—and smell! But these handsome mammals typically mind their own business and are ...

Two skunk species live in Washington and Idaho – the common striped version that many of us see or smell in the neighborhood and the western spotted skunk that sticks to forest edges ...

Who knew there's such a creature known as the western spotted skunk? Yes, a spotted skunk - turns out we don't know much about this small, oddly cute creature. They weigh 1 to 2 pounds and are ...

At first whiff, you might think all skunks are the same. Not so. Meet spotted skunks, "the acrobats of the skunk world." Scientists have discovered that there are more of these species than they ...

(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 Spotted Skunk.

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries wants help tracking the Eastern Spotted Skunk, an animal that hasn’t been seen in the state in nearly 40 years.

A team of researchers at Oregon State University just released a study looking at the habits of the western spotted skunk over the course of two years between 2017 and 2019. Marie Tosa ...

She also found that western spotted skunks may be vulnerable to extreme winters, which are becoming more frequent due to climate change, and the importance of old growth forests for their habitat.

What’s black and white and runs all over? The tiny western spotted skunk, Oregon State University researchers found. The skunk, which resembles a black and white tube sock, weighs just one or ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WRIC) — The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center has received its first-ever eastern spotted skunk from a neighboring county after it was found stuck in a dryer exhaust event.

At first whiff, you might think all skunks are the same. Not so. Meet spotted skunks, "the acrobats of the skunk world." Scientists have discovered that there are more of these species than they ...