When a predator sees a skunk’s stripes, they know their pungent spray is around the corner. The signal’s effectiveness hinges on its consistency across species. However, intriguing variations within ...

Animal control experts offer tips to keep skunks away amid the annual mating season. With striped skunks common in Michigan, ...

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 ...

The National Aviary just added 10 new animal ambassadors to its collection, and not all of them are birds. The group arrived ...

Skunks are mammals in the Mephitidae family — they are not rodents — including five species in North America, according to the Wild Farm Alliance. Striped skunks seen in Michigan have black ...

It's skunk mating season in Kansas and that means skunks are on the move. Striped skunks are classified as furbearing animals ...

Some species, like the opossum and striped skunk, are rare and occur mostly at the periphery of the Adirondacks. Other species, such as the white-tailed deer and short-tailed shrew, are common and ...

They do provide food for some animals, they burrow, and that activity could benefit other species. They eat dead stuff, dispose of it. They’re just kind of skunks doing skunk things.” ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - The Hattiesburg Zoo family welcomed two new animal residents, Koni the skunk and Lulo the kinkajou. Koni is eight months old and came to the Hattiesburg Zoo through a ...

Here's what to know. Skunks are mammals in the Mephitidae family — they are not rodents — including five species in North America, according to the Wild Farm Alliance. Striped skunks seen in Michigan ...