The striped skunk is stout-bodied with short legs and a long, bushy, coarsely-furred tail. The head is broad at the base with short, tapered muzzle and short, rounded ears. The eyes are small and ...

Skunks are weaned after two months and the young skunks follow their mother for the first few months before going off on ...

Facts about the lives of striped hog-nosed skunks are hard to come by because they haven’t been studied in the wild in any depth. The general facts about them include that they are mostly solitary and ...

The eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) is one of those small animals you’ve never seen, or perhaps even heard of. No doubt most people are familiar with the striped skunk (Mephitis ...

Despite up and down temperatures, the longer daylight hours this month and into March coincide with skunk mating season ...

Some species, like the opossum and striped skunk, are rare and occur mostly at the periphery of the Adirondacks. Other species, such as the white-tailed deer and short-tailed shrew, are common and ...