STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Typically at dawn, a red fox trots over Ocean Terrace by Milden Avenue. ... a fluffy red, dog-like figure might flit between dirt mounds in the woodsy backdrop.

Researchers once thought the Sierra Nevada red fox had been eliminated from the mountain range. Photos confirm the fox's range is wider than once believed. Threatened red fox pops up near Yosemite ...

Red foxes have big, fluffy, white-tipped tails. Coyotes can also have white-tipped tails, but relative to body size, a coyote tail is smaller than a Sierra Nevada red fox tail. "On a fox, the tail ...