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 ...

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 ...