I attended an Envirothon training session this past weekend (I moderate an Envirothon team at my school). This is an international academic competition for high school students that focuses on ...

The size of a skunk varies depending on the species. They can range in length from 15.6 to 37 inches, and in weight from about 1.1 to 13 pounds. Spotted skunks are the smallest species. The largest ...

A creepy creature will be sneaking around neighborhoods on Halloween night, spiffed up like Dracula in sleek black fur with twin white stripes along his back like a tailored cape. Keep your distance, ...

Love is in the air — and it stinks. Mating season is underway for striped skunks in Ohio, bringing with it some unpleasant aromas, danger of being sprayed and plenty of skunk carcasses on the roadways ...

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 ...

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 ...

BLEDSOE COUNTY, Tenn. — It is not every day that folks actually go looking for skunks. However the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wants you to do just that. TWRA is in search of Eastern spotted ...