#arcticfoxes — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #arcticfoxes, aggregated by home.social.
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CW: Eye Contact, wolves, foxes
I haven't seen these critters (and others) in a while, but it's cold and windy around these parts and I'm sure they're loving the weather. These pictures are from about a year ago.
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Foxes poking around a little. They're starting to get their winter coats.
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Spying on #ArcticFoxes from space reveals the species have a green thumb effect on #tundra https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/arctic-foxes-decline-climate-change-churchill-manitoba-1.6929087 paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-023-00857-x
"the species effectively seeds the area around its den, boosting #nutrients and vegetation that in turn provide ecological value to other species... once the foxes colonize a ridge, dens and their associated greenery stick around well after the #foxes leave, suggesting the dens bring long-term #biodiversity benefits to the area."
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Victims of climate change in the #Arctic #PolarBears #ArcticFoxes #Caribou and others.
https://alaskabeacon.com/briefs/study-tracks-arctic-animals-exposure-to-disease-better-known-in-interior-alaska-tularemia/
