skunks

The plains spotted skunk is becoming harder to find in the central U.S. states it calls home. As federal officials consider the skunk for federal protections, researchers and environmentalists are hoping to learn more about the long understudied species.

The virus was discovered in an animal that had been tested for rabies.

The plains spotted skunk received good news from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week. The Service finds there is a viable population species in its range and that it is not at risk of extinction.

There’s hardly an animal in our High Plains ecosphere more recognizable than the skunk. And once you see them, you worry that you might also SMELL them.…