AVALON, Calif.-- The wild fox population on Santa Catalina Island is so robust that biologists say they may seek to have the small animals taken off the federal endangered species list next year, it ...

With the endangered island fox now thriving again on the Channel Islands, a captive breeding program is no longer needed and the remaining breeding facility, on Santa Rosa Island, will be shut down.

Wide-eyed and bewildered, a tiny, house cat-sized island fox was reluctant to flee from its cage for the first time into the wilds of windswept Santa Rosa Island. The captive-bred predator remained ...

Domesticated animals play a prominent role in our society, with two-thirds of American families enjoying the companionship of pets and many others relying on animal products for their nutritional ...

A fox from the Russian fox-farm experiment. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of ...

What if everything you love about your dog, the floppy ears, the wagging tail, the desperate need to sit in your lap, weren’t bred into them on purpose, but were probably just a side effect of one ...