By photographing 749 striped skunk skins in museums across the continent ... history of huge mega-predators in North America that are no longer here,” says Stankowich. “So it’s hard to ...

Striped skunks are well known for their ability to defend themselves by discharging a fine mist or stream of droplets of musk (butylmercaptan) which is an extreme eye irritant but causes no permanent ...

Some skunks are striped, and some are spotted or have swirl patterns on their fur. No matter the pattern, the black-and-white coloring is a warning sign to anyone who may harm this small creature.

But while aposematic signals are often thought to be uniform within a species, skunks display a surprising amount of variation in their stripes. Interestingly, the study found no evidence that ...

Striped polecats (Ictonyx striatus), or the African zorilla, are small carnivores that look like North American skunks but aren't. They're more closely related to weasels and have smaller, slender ...

If a skunk is denning under your porch, place lattice up from the ground to the deck to keep the skunk out. You might also try placing an ammonia-soaked towel into the den opening. The unpleasant ...

Unless the approaching foe – a coyote, fox, bobcat or human, perhaps – backs off, the tiny critter with white spots and dark, ...

Picture a skunk. Bit of an odd request, but go with us here. You’re probably seeing the common striped skunk: a small, furry mammal with a pattern of white stripes along its black fur.

(Related: “Skunks can lose their stripes—and now we might know why ... “I mean, there’s no ambiguity in the results,” says Davis.

Striped skunks are less likely to evolve with their famous and white markings where the threat of predation from mammals is low, scientists from the University of Bristol, Montana and Long Beach ...