If you're wondering why you're seeing — or smelling — skunks out and about in February, well, mating season is underway. As ...

The striped skunk is stout-bodied with short legs and a long, bushy, coarsely-furred tail. The head is broad at the base with short, tapered muzzle and short, rounded ears. The eyes are small and ...

The eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) is one of those small animals you’ve never seen, or perhaps even heard of. No doubt most people are familiar with the striped skunk (Mephitis ...

Despite up and down temperatures, the longer daylight hours this month and into March coincide with skunk mating season ...

We all see the squirrels and ducks, but what other wildlife lurks in the city's hidden corners? For our Scrub Hub series, we ...

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 ...

Did you know that you have wildlife right in your own backyard? Even in the city? Join us to learn about the animals you can see in ...

Some animals command more attention than others. Large charismatic critters seem to grab all the headlines and attention while small unassuming critters go completely unnoticed. The eastern ...

“The skunks that we’re seeing are the striped skunks,” Skalicky said. “That’s, you know, the well-known skunk, the dark animal with the white stripe. You’ll see dead skunks on the ...