Red Fox

Research explains how foxes hunting mice can plunge down into the snow at high speeds without injuring their poor little snouts.

Lyudmila Trut devoted her life to studying the process of domestication by selectively breeding friendly foxes

When it comes to making a martini these days, Boston bartenders just wanna have fun

Doughnuts and prosciutto, tomato tarts, and more

In this controversial 1990 essay, the former Esquire writer described the American hunter as bloodthirsty, piggish, and grossly incompetent.

A new Mexican restaurant in Jamaica Plain, a North End spot with a hidden martini room, and more

Creating an extensive protected area in the Great Plains is particularly difficult because this area was largely passed over when the U.S. national park system was created.

U.S. health and agriculture officials are ramping up testing and tracking of bird flu in dairy cows in an urgent effort to understand and stop the growing outbreak

Three needs are famously fundamental to survival: food, water, and shelter. According to new research, ancient humans had at least two of those three needs...

Columbus & Franklin County Metro Parks has a new canopy walk coming this spring, plans for renovations at two nature centers and work on new parks.

The COVID lockdowns and the subsequent reemergence of humans had some surprising effects on wildlife beyond "nature is healing" tropes

For Groundhog Day in 2024, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow, elating a massive crowd at Gobbler's Knob.

The dog-fox hybrid that briefly occupied Brazil's animal experts, and the world's social media feeds, is a sign of human encroachment and reproduction gone sideways.

No droppings, tracks, nests or other traces of wildlife—Canada's boreal forests were devastated by record wildfires this year.

The maned wolf, a gorgeous canine from South America, is neither a wolf nor a fox, despite resembling both.

More than 80% of Australian mammals are found nowhere else in the world. Many of these unique, iconic creatures are under threat.

Quokkas residing in the Northern Jarrah Forest, Western Australia have been found to be using fire exclusion zones to ensure their own safety and longevity.

Todd Eric Jones Jr. evaded police for roughly six hours Sunday night before he was arrested. He attempted to run over officers at one point.

Genomic research led by the University of California at Berkeley has looked to uncover the origins and history of desert adaptation in foxes. In a paper, "North African fox genomes show signatures of repeated introgression and adaptation to life in deserts," published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, the researchers reveal what the fox genes say about their evolutionary path.

Richard Burgunder III returned to competition this year and was one of the outsiders at the International Festival Red Fox Elbrus Race at Mount Elbrus, Russia. Burgunder, a 43-year-old Shaler native, was one of two Americans competing in the event. Following a seven-year layoff from competition, Burgunder placed 49th in