Wildlife researchers in Central Texas recently got a surprise from one of nature’s most elusive mammals: an eastern spotted ...

Contributed Photo / Nico, a rare eastern spotted skunk, was found in Soddy-Daisy and is in the care of Chattanooga wildlife rehabilitation facility For Fox Sake until healthy enough for release ...

According to the SVWC, only six of the skunk species have even been seen in the last 20 years. They're also very elusive, but this lucky skunk was thankfully found, stuck inside a dryer exhaust vent.

The eastern group splintered into the prairie and Allegheny spotted skunks (formerly both called the eastern spotted skunk), as well as the Yucatán spotted skunk. The prairie spotted skunk has ...

Eastern spotted skunk (Photo: Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center) The species is described as being about half the size of a house cat, according to the department. They eat insects, small animals ...

Spotted skunks perform a spread-eagled handstand before they spray you. “I jokingly call them the acrobats of the skunk world,” said Adam Ferguson , a small carnivore biologist at the Field ...

Researchers liken it to a black-and-white tube sock, and it's elusive, at least compared to its more urban cousin, the striped skunk. That's in part because the spotted skunk is nocturnal, with a ...

Despite being geographically distant, the researchers found that the Yucatan spotted skunk is more closely related to species living in the eastern U.S., like the Plains spotted skunk, than it is ...

Eastern Spotted Skunk (Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center) By Pat Thomas. Published: Jan. 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM EST ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - The Southwest Virginia Wildlife ...

The Eastern hog-nosed skunk is the largest of all the skunk species, according to the Animal Diversity Web (ADW). It typically grows to 27.56 to 31.50 inches (70 to 80 cm) and weighs 4.41 to 9.91 ...

Researchers liken it to a black-and-white tube sock, and it's elusive, at least compared to its more urban cousin, the striped skunk. That's in part because the spotted skunk is nocturnal, with a ...