/ Foxes Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /climate/news/genetic-rescue-rare-red-foxes A 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis study shows inbreeding is affecting Lassen's small, isolated red fox population. Genetic rescue could be a viable option for their recovery. September 26, 2024 - 8:00pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/genetic-rescue-rare-red-foxes /climate/news/saving-our-wild-creatures As the Endangered Species Act celebrates 50 years, a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ feature story highlights 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis efforts to protect animals like Channel Island foxes and white abalone. April 19, 2023 - 1:16pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/saving-our-wild-creatures /news/scientists-find-widespread-ear-tumors-%E2%80%94-and-promising-solution-%E2%80%94-endangered-catalina-island <p>Until recently, endangered foxes on California’s Catalina Island were suffering from one of the highest prevalences of tumors ever documented in a wildlife population, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis scientists have found. But treatment of ear mites appears to be helping the wild animals recover.</p> <p>Roughly half of adult foxes examined between 2001 and 2008 had tumors in their ears, with about two-thirds of those malignant, according to a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis study published this month in the journal PLOS ONE.</p> December 07, 2015 - 11:10am IET WebDev /news/scientists-find-widespread-ear-tumors-%E2%80%94-and-promising-solution-%E2%80%94-endangered-catalina-island