Similar Mammal Diversity, Different Activity Patterns in Grazed and Ungrazed Areas
Camera traps in four northern Israeli reserves found similar numbers of mammal species with and without livestock grazing.…
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Red Foxes and Stone Martens Share Places at Different Times
Red foxes and stone martens often used the same sites in central Spain. Their daily activity differed more…
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Wolf Kills Provided Plenty of Food for Red Foxes
Red foxes visited all 26 wolf-killed red deer monitored in Stelvio National Park. The amount of meat left…
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Red and Tibetan Foxes Shared Prey, but Red Foxes Had a Broader Diet
DNA metabarcoding on the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau found overlapping winter diets in red and Tibetan foxes, but red…
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Anaplasmataceae DNA Found in 3% of 537 German Red Foxes
Anaplasmataceae DNA was found in spleen samples from 15 of 537 German red foxes, including the first reported…
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Rüppell’s Foxes Responded With Less Fear Than Red Foxes to Simulated Red Fox Presence
Field experiments in Israel’s southern Negev found a lower fear response in Rüppell’s foxes than in red foxes…
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Farm-Bred Red Foxes Showed Stronger Genetic Erosion Than Isolated Scottish Foxes
Wild Belarusian foxes retained high genetic diversity, Scottish foxes showed moderate depletion, and farm-bred foxes had the smallest…
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Red Foxes Were Strongly Nocturnal and Detected Less Often Where Pedestrians Were Active
Camera traps in Poland’s Tuchola Forest showed strong nocturnal activity in red foxes and fewer detections where pedestrian…
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Red Foxes Had Fewer Recorded Litters During Mange and When Both Lynx and Wolves Were Present
Across 52 years at Grimsö in Sweden, years with more voles had more confirmed red fox litters. Litter…
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Magpies Dominated Predation on Artificial Pheasant Nests in Polish Urban Sites, Red Foxes in Farmland
Eurasian magpies were the main predator at destroyed artificial pheasant nests in Polish urban sites, while red foxes…
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Common Voles and European Wood Mice Contacted Fox and Jackal Scat Most Often in Autumn and Winter
Camera traps in Hungary recorded six rodent taxa around red fox and golden jackal scat, with common voles…
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Bartonella Was Detected in 24.9% of Golden Jackals Sampled Across Israel
A survey of 454 golden jackals across Israel detected Bartonella DNA in 113 animals, while four Bartonella species…
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Detection of CDV and Toxoplasma in Red Foxes Was Linked to Farming Habitats
PCR screening of 239 red fox brains from northwestern Spain detected CDV in 7.5%, Toxoplasma gondii in 7.1%,…
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Long-established Urban Fox Populations Showed More Exploration and Problem Solving
Puzzle experiments at 284 sites across Great Britain found population-level behavioural differences associated with urban history. Foxes in…
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Red Foxes Tracked Annual Vole Abundance While All Three Carnivores Aggregated Around Local Prey Hotspots
A ten-year study in northern Spain found red-fox detections closely tracked annual Montane water-vole abundance, while wildcats showed…
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Environmental Fecal Sampling Detected Echinococcus multilocularis on Rügen but Appeared Less Sensitive Than Necropsy
In two municipalities on Rügen, carcass testing found Echinococcus multilocularis in 37.9% of 58 foxes, while 18.1% of…
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Artificial Wader Nests Had Lower Survival and Different Predators Than Natural Nests in Estonia
In Estonian coastal grasslands, 77 artificial wader nests had lower survival than 182 natural lapwing and ringed-plover nests,…
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Models Estimated Galliformes at 43% of Fox Diet on Releasing Sites and 33% Elsewhere
Stable-isotope models based on 117 red foxes estimated Galliformes at 43.1% of assimilated diet on gamebird-releasing sites and…
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Red Fox Activity Peaks Shifted as Eastern Cottontails Became Established at Le Bine
Camera-trap data from 2013–2023 showed subtle shifts in red fox activity timing as eastern cottontails became established at…
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Sarcocystis Parasites Were Detected in 69% of Pennsylvania Coyotes
A 2026 study detected Sarcocystis sporocysts in 18 of 26 coyotes from Pennsylvania and identified several parasite lineages,…
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