When it comes to skunks in our region, it’s not just black and white. Black fur with white stripes – we all know the striped skunk. But stripey has a smaller, lesser-known cousin that lives in ...

Not so. 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.

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

The western spotted skunk is different than your typical skunk; it only weighs about a pound or two, with spot-like markings instead of stripes, and is the size of a squirrel. The researchers ...

The Eastern spotted skunk, which lives in the central and southeastern U.S., saw a population decline of roughly 90% between 1940 and 1950. By 1980, the decline grew to 99%.

Using the data she collected through the research period which lasted from 2017 to 2019, she determined that western spotted skunks have a home range up to 12 square miles, exceeding other mammals ...

A study in the Cascade Range in Oregon of a tiny, elusive skunk found the animal can cover more ground than deer and is sensitive to climate change, particularly severe winter weather.

Spotted skunks are also the only skunks that regularly climb trees, though they typically won’t spray from up high. Another reason a skunk may resort to spraying happens during the mating season.

Western spotted skunks have wider white stripes on their backs and a white-tipped tail. They are small, weighing only 14 ounces to 2 pounds. When they feel threatened, they don't hide.

A rare eastern spotted skunk is in the care of the For Fox Sake wildlife rehabilitation facility in Chattanooga after the animal was found in the crawl space of a home in Soddy-Daisy on the border ...