Despite their dainty appearance, desert kit foxes are hardy animals, well adapted for living in the hot, harsh desert habitat from which they never stray. This cat-sized kit fox subspecies has long, ...
There's something new at the Wildlife World Zoo. A baby fox. But not just any fox. Yeah, it's one of the smallest fox species and also known as a desert fox. Fox 10's Desiree Fluellen gives us a ...
Weighing in at around 1kg, the fennec fox is the smallest of all the foxes. As a resident across the Sahara desert and other parts of North Africa the fennec’s long hairs may seem a bit out of ...
Like this fennec fox, nocturnal behavior makes sense for animals living in blistering desert heat—cooler night temperatures stop them from overheating when exerting themselves. Photograph by ...
But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants and animals living in the desert. In some cases global warming is predicted to increase the area of deserts ...
Students could look at the fennec fox, comparing it to other ... to refresh students knowledge of the desert ecosystem and how people, plants and animals adapt to the conditions.