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.

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 ...

Although the two animals are not closely related, they share the ability to use smell as a defense against enemies. Like ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While spring still feels like a ways away, a sign of warmer weather is coming in the form of a stinky wildflower.Skunk cabbage, a native wildflower, is now blooming, with some being spotted in ...

and there is also the rare spotted skunk. Love is in the air, and it doesn't smell great. According to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife, February is skunk mating season. In the video ...

All of them are closely related to the weasel family, with strong scent glands. The skunks, however, are particularly notorious for their stinky smell. Skunks are largely solitary creatures.