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.

Grizzled gray upperparts, a blackish band on each side of the muzzle, and a black-tipped tail are some of the characters by which the gray fox differs from the red fox.Other differences include ...

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 ...

Although these foxes with their long snouts and bushy tails aren’t native to the South Bay, ... She first encountered a red fox in 2006 and then discovered a den on the cliffs of San Pedro.

While hiking a quiet trail near Estes Park, Colorado, 34-year-old nature enthusiast Katie Wilmer froze when a dark, shadowy figure darted across the path. “At first I thought it was a small bear cub,” ...

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.