Little red flying foxes are tree-dwelling bats. In daytime they can be seen roosting in giant camps that may include as many as a million individuals. The bats are indeed efficient fliers ...

The red fox is the only animal which is known to use the Earth’s magnetic field to hunt. It’s thought to be able to sense it using a protein in its eyes called cryptochrome. With fine warm ...

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.

These red fox kits peer curiously at the photographer in Martinique Beach Provincial Park, Canada. Perhaps the pair are just starting to explore their environs. In springtime, fox kits begin to emerge ...

Hood in Oregon, where the animals face the same threats. “The Sierra Nevada red fox is a vanishing emblem of remote Sierra wilderness and a harbinger of climate change,” said Jeff Miller, a senior ...

Similar to the red fox, the Arctic fox is an omnivore, which means it eats both plants and animals. This adaptability is ...