I’m Anna Rothschild, and this is Gross Science. There are a number of species of skunk in the world, but the most iconic has to be the striped skunk. That’s the one that looks like Pepe Le Pew—it’s ...

The scent of a skunk is legendary and lingering, but not in a good way. As powerful as it is, however, the spray is a closely-guarded weapon of mass destruction, says Kenton Kerns, a biologist at the ...

Jerry’s glasses took a direct hit from the skunk spray. Well, now that you’ve seen the shot, you may be wondering just how we got it. In late July, cinematographer Andrew Shillabeer and I traveled to ...

In a scene reminiscent of a Looney Tunes cartoon, a couple of daring Michigan State Police troopers came to the rescue of a skunk with a yogurt cup stuck on its head that was spraying everything near ...