Defenders' Experts
Arctic Foxes and the Impact of Global Warming
As their name suggests, Arctic foxes are specially
adapted to thrive in the cold winters and thick snows of the far north.
Where conditions are less extreme, however, this highly specialized species is generally out-competed by its cousin, the more adaptable red fox.
As global warming takes its toll and the snow-line continues to recede further and further north, the range of the Arctic fox shrinks, too, giving way to the northward advance of the red fox.
Learn more about global warming and its impacts on wildlife.
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