SAN ANTONIO – Striped skunks are bulking up for the winter and officials say that could increase your chances of seeing one. ”You might see them foraging later into the morning hours and coming out ...

ARLINGTON (CBSNewsTexas.com) - An "ill-acting striped skunk" captured in Southwest Arlington has tested positive for rabies, according to The Texas Department of State Health Services Rabies ...

Digby, Isabel and Padfoot came to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo when they were 6-7 weeks old. Already descented, the three striped skunks will become animal ambassadors and travel on the ZOOMobile ...

Skunks are mammals best known for their ability to squirt an extremely potent and disagreeable secretion at potential attackers. The Latin name for the striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis, means ''double ...

Western spotted skunks — striped skunks' smaller cousins that stand on their "hands" to blast their smelly defensive spray — are helping scientists piece together a picture of how ancient climate ...

We visit an animal that has been on exhibit at the Tallahassee Museum for decades. Striped skunks are nocturnal animals that sleep in dens during daylight hours. But they are omnivorous, and highly ...

If most people came upon a striped skunk, they would know to give the animal space or risk winding up with a face full of stink. After all, the idea that these North American mammals are noxious can ...

The North Carolina Zoo has a new animal ambassador – Stinkers. The female striped skunk has a new important position. Stinkers will help the zoo’s education team teach people about native wildlife, ...

Some animals command more attention than others. Large charismatic critters seem to grab all the headlines and attention while small unassuming critters go completely unnoticed. The eastern spotted ...

There’s a new ambassador-in-training at Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka. Boo — who arrived in Eureka last November — is a small Western spotted skunk and is about 8 months old. “While every species is an ...