Using genomic technology, the authors could peer back in time to see if a population was always isolated, to what extent, and when that began to change. Two Lassen red fox pups play together.
Urban red foxes are diverging from their country cousins, becoming more similar to domesticated dogs, according to researchers. A study found urban foxes had smaller brains and were developing a ...
A red fox rests near Lassen Peak in this 2022 trail camera photo. Inbreeding is impacting Lassen's red foxes, which were abundant in the region before the 1900s, found a UC Davis study.
The study found that inbreeding is impacting the Lassen red fox population. Thousands of years ago—long before unregulated trapping and poison knocked back their populations in the 1890s and ...
MANTEO, N.C. (WITN/Gray News) - Five red wolf pups have died after their father was hit by a vehicle. The red wolf was killed earlier this at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in Dare ...
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 ...
A rescue effort can take many forms—a life raft, a firehose, an airlift. For animals whose populations are in decline from inbreeding, genetics itself can be a lifesaver. Genomic research led by ...