To address all of these threats, in 2000 the Center and the Institute for Wildlife Studies petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Endangered Species Act protection for four of the six ...

But while they’re all part of the Canidae (dog ... Here’s a closer look at two commonly found North American species—the gray fox and the red fox—and some tips on how to tell them apart.

They’re also about the same size as a housecat, making them the tiniest fox species in North America. Swift foxes will feed on everything from insects to rodents to birds, and they prefer to ...

“This specimen is one of the oldest directly dated records of the red fox species,” said Ice Age mammal expert Greg McDonald, a retired National Park Service paleontologist. “The first in ...

To address all of these threats, in 2000 the Center and the Institute for Wildlife Studies petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Endangered Species Act protection for four of the six ...