This creator shared their night routine as a parent of two skunks, Skank and Echo. In the video, they emphasized the ...

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Skunks can cause damage to lawns and gardens as they dig for grubs and other insects. While usually docile, skunks can spray their pungent secretion up to 20 feet when startled. Keeping skunks out of ...

These feisty little creatures do handstands as a unique warning to potential predators before releasing the foul-smelling spray skunks are known for Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter ...

DEAR JOAN: I love my backdoor skunk. In fact I think I have three of them. I do admit to encouraging them by feeding them. I really love seeing them because they are so cute. In fact, one of them even ...

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 ...

New research using hundreds of DNA samples showed that there are seven species of these hand-standing, stink-spraying mammals. By Jason Bittel Black fur, white stripes, fanny full of foul-smelling ...