If you're wondering why you're seeing — or smelling — skunks out and about in February, well, mating season is underway. As the critters pair up this season, watch out for sku ...

A striped skunk may push or pull dried leaves or grasses for bedding material into a den which in winter may extend a meter (3 ft) or more in depth. Striped skunks tend to use dens in autumn and ...

Buttons is not a dog, however. She is a 2-year-old skunk.

Just like other annoying yard pets like deer and rabbits, skunks may be cute (stinking cute, that is), and for the most part, ...

That’s right, February marks the start of the skunk breeding season. If you thought they were sleeping the winter away, skunks do not officially hibernate. They do become “slow” or dormant ...

That's why squirrels, groundhogs and of course skunks can come out to play on warm winter days — hibernating animals don't have that luxury. Skunks tend to shake off their torpor for the start ...

While many are insistent that we are only in the fool's gold era of spring in New York, there are tons of signs popping up to ...

Skunk cabbage, a perennial plant with a pungent odor, thrives in moist, acidic soil and blooms in late winter. The plant, found in various locations across Indiana, including Jordan Seeps Nature ...