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.

John Woinarski has previously received Australian government funding through the National Environment Science Program and for contributions to the Threat Abatement Plans for feral cats and foxes. He ...

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 ...

Millions of years of isolation have shaped Australia’s extraordinary mammal fauna into species unlike anywhere else in the world, from platypus to koalas and wombats. Tragically, Australia is the ...

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 recently captured by biologists. After evading capture for a ...