The Arctic fox, a captivating creature with a playful nature and distinctive look is under threat.
PALO ALTO -- The Arctic fox is a natural beauty but this captivating creature with its playful nature and distinctive look is under threat.Experts say Arctic foxes need to hunt rodents to survive long winters and climate change is thinning the rodent population.
In the Artic, Norwegian scientists have set up more than 30 feeding stations across the wilderness. They believe that, without this food, the Arctic fox would go extinct.'If we stop the feeding now, we will see a decrease in the population sizes and that would be really detrimental,' Ulvund said.The International Union for the Conservation of Nature issued a report in December 2023. The report detailed how over 44,000 species are now threatened with extinction.Dr.
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