Articles for tag: Desert ecosystem, Desert Foxes, ecology, Nevada, wildlife

a couple of foxes laying on top of a rock

Nevada’s Desert Foxes Are Making a Comeback

Suhail Ahmed

  After years of drought and quiet nights in the basins, the desert feels lively again. Conservation crews, tribal biologists, and ranchers are reporting more kit fox tracks on dusty two-tracks and more quick, amber flashes in the beam of survey headlamps. It’s not a fairy-tale rebound, but it’s real enough to stir cautious hope ...

fox on green grass field during daytime

Nevada’s Desert Foxes Evolve Urban Skills

Suhail Ahmed

  At the edges of Las Vegas subdivisions and along Reno’s rail spurs, a small, sand-colored survivor is rewriting the rules of desert life. As heat waves push the limits of endurance, desert foxes are slipping into human-dominated spaces and turning city noise into a cover for living. What looks like trespass is, in truth, ...