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.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is now tracking the movements of a Sierra Nevada red fox — an endangered species — for the very first time after a decade of tracking efforts. What we ...

(FOX40.COM) — One of California’s rarest and most elusive animals has been captured and collared in the southern Sierra Nevada for the first time, state wildlife officials said. A Sierra Nevada red ...

A Sierra Nevada red fox has been detected in the Lake Tahoe basin for the first time since the mid-1900s, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The fox was captured on trail ...

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 ...