Virginia has both red and gray foxes. Red foxes weigh nine to 12 pounds, about the same as a cat; less common gray foxes, around eight pounds. Grays have a distinctive black stripe on their tails.

Red foxes, scientifically known as Vulpes vulpes, live in urban areas throughout the United States, including here in the Inland Northwest. Researchers began documenting the influx a decade or so ago.

The Sierra Nevada red fox is an endangered species living solely in the Golden state and with less than 100 individuals ...

Sierra Nevada red foxes are the only red foxes occurring naturally in the high mountain habitats of the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascades. ... (red, black or cross), they’re distinguishable from ...

An eight-year-old red fox named Jasper has been accurately predicting winters throughout his life using his coat and tail. Sharp skulls help foxes hunt mice in the snow Foxes use their keen sense ...

The cross fox color variation is a yellowish body with darker fur highlighted by a black cross marking over its shoulders and ...

While the red fox has black legs, a white-tipped tail and a distinctive orange or red coat, both coyotes and gray foxes can have reddish fur as well.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Two fluffy-tailed friends made a surprise daytime appearance at Gateway National Recreation Area’s Great Kills Park Tuesday. The Advance/SILive.com spotted a red fox in ...