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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 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After suffering roughly 100 sprays during her 2.5 years studying the Western spotted skunk, an Oregon State University researcher recently published her findings ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Not so. Meet spotted skunks, “the acrobats of the skunk world.” Scientists have discovered that there are more of these species than they thought, according to new research. More recently ...