This time of year just seems to be skunk season, and their pungent smell reminds us that love is in the air, and the skunks ...

Skunk breeding season begins late January and lasts through March, littering Upstate roadways with the smelly creatures run ...

January through mid-March is skunk mating season, so you may see more skunks out and about. Connor Gillespie, director of ...

Skunks are weaned after two months and the young skunks follow their mother for the first few months before going off on ...

I recently had a lively conversation about skunks with some friends. While explaining a few things, it occurred to me that skunks are commonly seen critters, yet we don’t give them a second ...

The rare animal is listed as a Tier IV Species of Greatest Conservation Need and Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. That basically means the skunks are rapidly declining--habitat loss, disease ...

Julie Watson If you’ve been noticing a foul odor in the air recently, you’re not alone. Unpleasant as it may be there is a natural cause for your nose to be offended. In Ohio, February is ...

Possibly, the striped skunk is less abundant now then during Merriam's time because of the abandonment of farms and the maturation of many forest areas. Today, this species is most abundant in the ...

Today we meet the striped hog-nosed skunk, a little-known species that inhabits forests throughout Costa Rica. The striped hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus semistriatus) is known as the zorro hediondo ...

The rescued skunk was slightly dehydrated when it was admitted, but the center said it was generally in good overall health and it was expected to be released on Friday, Jan. 24. The species is ...