Animal control experts offer tips to keep skunks away amid the annual mating season. With striped skunks common in Michigan, ...

A mountain lion is one of the most powerful predators in North America. It moves silently through forests and mountains, ...

Male skunks are polygamous and mate with multiple female skunks during the season. The season may include more foul skunk odor in the air as male skunks spray amid mating fights and female skunks ...

Skunks are most active in spring. They’re most known for their ability to spray musk when threatened – they can spray with ...

A stinky rock in Minnesota drew wolves, otters, deer, beaver and fox into the line of sight of a wildlife camera. Watch the ...

Love and a pungent odor are in the air this week, and it has nothing to do with holidays commemorating patron saints. Skunk mating season has reached the Buckeye State in full force, according to ...

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 skunks in your yard ...

Skunk spray gets its smell from thiol, an oily sulfur compound that skunks produce in their anal glands. Thiol is oil based, which explains why rinsing does little to nothing for getting rid of ...