It’s skunk mating season. Perhaps you’ve caught a whiff of it in the air. Because sometimes love stinks. Two skunk species live in Washington and Idaho: the commonly encountered striped version and ...

NEW YORK (WBNG) — Skunk mating season has arrived, bringing increased activity and familiar odors as males travel longer distances than normal to search for females. The New York State Department of ...

While spring still feels like a ways away, a sign of warmer weather is coming in the form of a stinky wildflower.Skunk cabbage, a native wildflower, is now blooming, with some being spotted in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A skunk tested positive for rabies in Arvada and health officials urged the public to take precautions as an unusually warm winter encourages animals to ...

Humans aren’t alone in their shows of affection on Valentine’s Day. And for one species, the search for love is sometimes a smelly affair. Feb. 14, the day that American Homo sapiens devote to ...

The air is filled with a bit more skunk spray than usual right now. That’s because striped skunks, a species native to California, are mating. Complaints from residents about the smell — not to ...

Skunk mating season brings increased movement, aggression, and spraying as males roam miles in search of females. Skunk spray is a powerful chemical defense based on sulfur compounds that cling to fur ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Wildlife Center of Virginia is sharing several tips as the start of skunk mating season brings higher chances of human encounters. Although skunks are often known as ...

A yearslong saga involving the Skunk Train — an excursion that takes visitors on tours through the redwood forests of Mendocino County along a historic logging railroad — came to a head last month ...

February may feel like a quiet month, but that’s not always true in wilderness areas or for animals crossing roads. In many places, late winter is actually when certain mammals suddenly start ...

Skunks looking for love are on the move in California, raising the risk of unwelcome encounters for humans. Two types of skunks are found in the state — the more common striped skunk and the spotted ...

Is that skunk I smell? As February begins and spring slowly starts to make itself felt across the Bay Area, you might be concerned about what seems like the increasingly noxious prevalence of skunk ...