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

Striped skunks produce low, guttural growls during serious territorial disputes, while spotted skunks emit a distinctive rapid chattering sound. Researchers have documented that female skunks with ...

Researchers also found that western spotted skunks have a larger home range than those of the eastern variety.

If you enjoy identifying wildlife species you haven't seen before, here's a new challenge for you - the western spotted skunk. "It has been 10 years since anyone has reported seeing a western ...

Meet spotted skunks, "the acrobats of the skunk world." Scientists have discovered that there are more of these species than they thought, according to new research.

The skunk was fitted with a radio collar as part of a study to track and observe western spotted skunks, which was conducted by Marie Tosa, a postdoctoral researcher at Oregon State University.

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A study in Oregon's Cascade Range of a tiny, elusive skunk found the animal can cover more ground than deer and is sensitive to climate change, particularly severe ...

Western spotted skunks are believed to be fairly common, but researchers at one point thought the same thing about the Eastern spotted skunk, Tosa said. That species’ population declined 99% ...

From 2017 to 2019, OSU researchers studied the western spotted skunk in a research forest an hour east of Eugene.