During this inactive phase, a skunk depends on fat reserves for energy and by spring may lose 15-40 percent of its autumn weight. Striped skunks are well known for their ability to defend themselves ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today we meet the striped hog-nosed skunk, a little-known species that inhabits forests throughout Costa Rica. The striped hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus semistriatus) is known as the zorro hediondo ...