Friends of the Island Fox (FIF) has posted a request for proposals for their annual research grant. FIF recently broadened the scope of their grant to include island spotted skunks.
New island spotted skunk publication on temporal niche partitioning
Integrative & Comparative Biology has published a new study demonstrating the extent and seasonality of activity overlap between island foxes and island spotted skunks on Santa Cruz Island. Results show that foxes and skunks overlap in the temporal niche extensively during the summer when average daily temperatures are high, which could mean competition between the species varies on an annual and seasonal basis.
register for the 2022 island biosecurity workshop, December 6th & 7th
The California Channel Islands are hosting a free, online island biosecurity workshop on December 6th & 7th, 2022. The workshop is for conservation practitioners, students, researchers, and others with interest in island systems. Click below for more information and to register!
'The rarest of the rare': New article on island spotted skunk management in the wildlife professional
The Secretive Island Skunks of Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands
Island spotted skunks got a write-up in The Santa Barbara Independent!
Registration for the 10th California islands symposium is now open
FOXES AND SKUNKS ENJOY THE FIG HARVEST AT SCORPION CAMPGROUND
USING STABLE ISOTOPES TO ASSESS A DECADE OF DIETARY RESOURCE USE IN THE ISLAND FOX AND ISLAND SPOTTED SKUNK
Check out Juliann Schamel's poster on fox and skunk dietary overlap from the 10th California Islands Symposium!
ONE OF THE RAREST
Chuck Graham has a new short piece in the Carpinteria Coastal View News about his experiences looking for island spotted skunks at Santa Cruz Island's Scorpion Campground.
This Skunk Does Handstands. Yes, Handstands.
Check out this new post about island spotted skunks on The Nature Conservancy's "Cool Green Science" blog!
