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

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.

including a home range of up to 12 square miles they can cover while hunting for food. She also found that western spotted skunks may be vulnerable to extreme winters, which are becoming more ...

The western spotted skunk, which typically weighs 1 to 2 pounds ... With that data, she determined that the skunks have a home range up to 12 square miles. That far exceeds similar size mammals ...

Spotted skunks are tiny acrobats ... And not being able to catch them has created a problem. Without a wide range of specimens to study, scientists haven’t been able to conduct genetic analysis ...

Tosa said that range is larger than other animals their size; even a deer, for instance, only covers a half a square mile. "This was really surprising to us. Compared to the eastern spotted skunk ...

Historically, the spotted skunk's range included the Mississippi River west to Kansas. "This is the same species that occurs in Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma," said Brodsky. "We have trapping ...

This spotted skunk is classified as threatened ... Parks and Tourism said Kansas biologists hope to learn more about the skunks’ range and location through these submitted reports.

Western spotted skunks do in fact live in a diverse range of habitats across North America. But the splintering of their DNA was driven by a different factor: ancient changes in climate.

Who knew there's such a creature known as the western spotted skunk? Yes, a spotted skunk - turns out we don't know much about this small, oddly cute creature. They weigh 1 to 2 pounds and are ...