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 ...

Four species: eastern spotted skunk, hog-nosed skunk, striped skunk, and western spotted skunk. The hog-nosed skunk, unique to Arizona, has a long snout used for rooting in the soil for insects. Four ...

At first whiff, you might think all skunks are the same. Not so. Meet spotted skunks, "the acrobats of the skunk world." Scientists have discovered that there are more of these species than they ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WRIC) — The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center has received its first-ever eastern spotted skunk from a neighboring county after it was found stuck in a dryer exhaust event.

These western spotted skunks we think are very abundant in our ... and also in New Mexico and Arizona. So if you think about the variety in terms of the habitat that they can use, it’s really ...

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 ...

A team of researchers at Oregon State University just released a study looking at the habits of the western spotted skunk over the course of two years between 2017 and 2019. Marie Tosa ...

Ocelots are rare creatures, and even rarer in Arizona. Since 1982 ... three species of skunk, some bears and the endangered Mexican spotted owl. “This is just one of the many really wonderful ...

Arriving in Prescott, Arizona, Angie was surprised at the lack ... looked down on the floor and beheld a pretty little spotted skunk.” The most harrowing experience Angie encountered occurred ...

Spotted skunks are known to perform acrobatic handstands as a warning ... The American hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus leuconotus) is only found in three states, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. This ...

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.