Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sierra Nevada red foxes were nearly hunted to extinction after less than a century of being trapped for their soft, thick fur.

Even the scientists who study the animals rarely see them except on camera. But Gretchen Kay Stuart spent a season ...

Foxes carry surprises, from ancient survival tricks to little-known biological quirks that defy expectations. Read on as we examine 10 unhinged fox facts that sounded made up until scientists and ...

It’s not every day wildlife biologists get to celebrate a moment like this. High in the rugged terrain of the southern Sierra Nevada, researchers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes, in Winter© godi photo/Shutterstock.com One of the most elusive mammals in the southern Sierra is primed to share secrets about its species. A rare “ghost fox” of the Sierra was ...