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 ...

The western spotted skunk is different than your typical skunk; it only weighs about a pound or two, with spot-like markings instead of stripes, and is the size of a squirrel.

(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.

B ATON 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 western spotted skunk is shown in this photo taken in October 2018 outside the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, which is located roughly 60 miles east of Eugene.

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 ...

Eastern spotted skunk (Photo: Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center) The species is described as being about half the size of a house cat, according to the department. They eat insects, small animals ...

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 ...