STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Spring has almost sprung. I know this not because the calendar says so, but because the fried-fish Lenten specials on Fridays at Kings Arms have returned. It’s not the melting ...

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 ...

Forget love, it’s stink in the air for some Californians this Valentine’s Day. Residents near San Rafael in Northern California have complained of a pungent smell interrupting the season of love. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Skunk mating season has arrived, bringing increased activity from the animals through March as they search for mates. Sara Karnes with Missouri’s Department of Conservation ...

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 ...

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 ...