That’s why I can say with full confidence that no creature on God’s green earth can perform a handstand with quite as much gumption or grace as the spotted skunk. That’s right, a skunk.

When people think about skunks the first thing that comes to mind is usually their unpleasant smell. Expelling an extremely pungent odor from their scent glands to protect themselves, is only one ...

Two skunk species live in Washington and Idaho – the common striped version that many of us see or smell in the neighborhood and the western spotted skunk that sticks to forest edges ...

That's in part because the spotted skunk is nocturnal, with a habitat reaching from British Columbia to New Mexico and from Colorado west to California. And, yeah, they stink, with even more ...

The research is important because small mammals such as the western spotted skunk face major threats from ... Her method to remove the smell? A paste of hydrogen peroxide, Dawn dish soap and ...

Both striped and spotted skunks tend to use their scent glands to ward off any potential ... When humans are around, it's more likely that you will smell a skunk because they feel frightened ...

There are two species of skunks in North Carolina, according to the N.C. Wildlife Federation: While spotted ... glands in its butt that can cause temporary blindness and leave behind a putrid ...