An exotic creature with white fur was spotted wandering around an Oregon city — a long way from its natural home. The animal was confirmed to be an Arctic fox that has likely been held in captivity ...

The shrinking of the polar ice pack is having an impact on Arctic foxes - they can no longer visit Iceland, for example, and in due course the population in Svalbard could become completely isolated.

While we don’t have information yet on where the Arctic fox came from, or how she got to Portland,” Bird Alliance of Oregon ...

Arctic Foxes don’t naturally occur in Oregon, so this species is considered an exotic animal here. Its native habitat includes Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, northern Russia, islands in the ...

RANGE: The Arctic fox has a circumpolar range and is found in the tundra extending through the northernmost regions of Europe, Asia, North America, Greenland, and Iceland. In North America, the Arctic ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A mysterious animal that was spotted at Willamette Park in Portland over the weekend was an Arctic fox, wildlife experts confirmed on Tuesday. People took to social media ...

Arctic foxes are native to the world’s northernmost regions, including Alaska, Greenland, Iceland, Bering Sea islands and northern Russia, among other locales—but in a word, not Oregon.

“Arctic Foxes don’t naturally occur in Oregon, so this species is considered an exotic animal here,” Berman said. “Its native habitat includes Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, northern ...