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 documenting them up close Photographs by Gretchen Kay Stuart Text by Jennie ...

A red fox survived a 14-day voyage across the Atlantic Ocean after stowing away on a cargo ship traveling from England to the United States. The animal, discovered among a shipment of automobiles, is ...