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 ...

February brings more cold temperatures, but, with Valentines Day, it also puts romance in the air — even for skunks. That’s right: February marks the start of the skunk breeding season. If you thought ...

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 ...

The Howell Nature Center has welcomed two new lifelong residents: a pair of skunks named Flower and Bluebell. The skunks came from a now-shuttered captive breeding program that bred skunks as pets, a ...

If a skunk has started hanging around your property, there are safe and effective ways to encourage it to move on. This video covers practical strategies to help keep skunks out of your yard and ...

People who want to keep skunks as pets are without a whiff of luck in Tennessee. There is a devoted group of people who love and care for the critters. See the 18,890-member Facebook group Skunk Lover ...

It had warmed up a bit the morning I wrote this column, but cold weather is forecast to return. That, I’m sure, will make ice fishermen happy. And I’m sure that many of them are also grateful that the ...

Several skunks in Washington County have tested positive for rabies. Anyone who has had contact with skunks in the county from October to the present should reach out to the department at 240-313-3210 ...

A rabid skunk scratched an Idaho resident, setting an exceedingly rare, deadly chain reaction that killed two people — the original bite victim and his organ transplant recipient, federal officials ...