Male skunks frequently leave their dens during winter months while females stay sheltered until warmer temperatures arrive ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Members of the neighborhood watch in the Saxet Heights area have been increasingly concerned with the amount of skunks that have been spotted lately. Several neighbors sid ...

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 ...

KERR COUNTY, Texas — A skunk in Kerr County has tested positive for rabies - marking the county's eighth positive case in 2025, according to the local animal control. Officials with Kerr County Animal ...

City officials and wildlife rescuers are reporting an increase in the canine distemper virus, a contagious and often fatal ...

A skunk collected January 1, 2026, tested positive for rabies, prompting an alert in Botetourt County, the Virginia ...

The Florida Keys sheriff’s office has a new member of the family. Meet Squirt the skunk. Squirt, a rescue skunk, landed at the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Animal Farm this week. The skunk won’t ...

A brave woman in Crockett, California, helped free a skunk that had a glass jar stuck on its head.Video filmed from a safe ...