Funding: Funding for this project and Kimberly's PhD research was provided by Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California; the Wrigley Institute for ...

Researchers scanned island fox skulls to create digital models, enabling them to calculate brain and body size. For decades, scientists believed animals on islands evolved smaller brains relative to ...

Channel Islands offer a natural experiment The Channel Islands, an eight-island chain off the California coast, six of which are home to foxes, offered researchers a rare natural experiment to test ...

As clever, adaptable generalist predators, foxes may have an adverse impact on the native birds, reptiles and small mammals ...

Evolution and genetics-- Social structure, reproduction, mortality and survivorship, and population dynamics -- Food habits, habitat use, activity patterns, and dispersal -- Golden eagles and the ...

The Catalina Island Conservancy has officially launched a new program aimed at educating the island’s residents and visitors alike about wildfire danger and prevention — with help from a new mascot ...