The diminutive foxes that roam San Miguel, Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz islands were placed on the endangered list in 2004 after their populations were nearly wiped out by golden eagles. Advertisement ...

By 2000, only a few dozen island foxes remained. The recovery effort was a collaboration between the National Park Service, Nature Conservancy and Catalina Island Conservancy in a multi-stage ...

A Santa Cruz Island fox. Wildlife officials have proposed delisting the San Miguel, Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz Island foxes, which were classified as endangered in 2004 after suffering catastrophic ...

Today there are about 1,300 foxes on Santa Cruz Island, 500 on San Miguel Island, and 600 on Santa Rosa Island, with each population having a 90 percent annual survival rate. "It's a strange thing ...

Endangered fox seen in California park for first time in nearly 100 years. By Amanda Bartlett, Assistant Local Editor Updated Jan 26, 2023 12:48 p.m. ... Unlike gray foxes, ...

Since the Endangered Species Act passed in 1973, 37 species have recovered. Biologists planned to monitor foxes on the northern Channel Islands by conducting periodic health checks and tagging ...

LOS ANGELES – Not long ago, foxes native to the Channel Islands off the California coast teetered on the edge of extinction. They have rebounded to the point where U.S. wildlife officials ...