I don’t know whether I will ever see a red fox doing this kind of high pouncing again, but when I see their tracks in the snow, at least I know that they are prowling around my backyard ...

The red fox is the largest of all 21 Vulpes vulpes species in the world. ... These athletic creatures are known for pouncing on mice and other small rodents burrowing in the snow, ...

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 ...

With acute senses the arctic fox can hear lemmings under the snow. To catch one he uses a special pouncing technique known as ‘moussing’. But moussing isn’t always easy-–especially for a ...