The aviary is welcoming striped skunk sisters who were born at the Cincinnati Zoo in April. They will help educate guests about habitat biodiversity.

A young striped skunk named Pepper has arrived at Wildwood Zoo in Marshfield and is preparing to join the woodland critter ...

A fascinating new study in the January/February 2007 issue of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology looks at the benefits of huddling vs. solitude, comparing strategies used by striped skunks to get ...

While striped skunks already have a nose-worthy reputation for being avoided, new research at the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine finds they carry a serious health threat for ...

If you're wondering why you're seeing — or smelling — skunks out and about in February, well, mating season is underway. As the critters pair up this season, watch out for skunks in your yard or ...

Kim Hubbeling likes to think of herself as an ambassador for the striped skunk. Which makes sense considering the Beacon Hill resident walked in the little stinker’s shoes. “We have a skunk mascot ...

Striped skunks are less likely to evolve with their famous and white markings where the threat of predation from mammals is low, scientists from the University of Bristol, Montana and Long Beach, ...

Claim to fame: Skunks are well known to most people – even if they’ve never seen one in the wild – because of their odorous self-defense mechanism. Striped skunks are classified as game animals in ...

Most people associate February with the scent of roses, but there is another scent that seems to be everywhere this time of year, too. Striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) around the Bay Area are on ...

As the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic continues to persist around the world, numerous cases of human-to-animal transmissions of the virus have raised concerns ...

A fascinating new study in the January/February 2007 issue of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology looks at the benefits of huddling vs. solitude, comparing strategies used by striped skunks to get ...