Despite up and down temperatures, the longer daylight hours this month and into March coincide with skunk mating season returning once again. Francis Skalicky, media specialist with the Missouri ...

From Smithsonian.com's story on Dave Shealy, Florida's self-proclaimed skunk ape expert: www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/trail-floridas-bigfoot-skunk-ape ...

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But that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable. Two new books, “The Sirens’ Call” by Hayes and “Superbloom” by Carr, argue that our capacity for attention and connection has been ...

More than 70 tiny works of art by local artists of all ages will be on display at the Newton Public Library beginning Feb. 10 ...

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Rachael Stuckey gets more than a few double takes when she takes her two pet skunks to Home Depot or stops by the Starbucks drive-through for a pup cup.

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