"Date with a Fox" on Island Fox Health Checks
FIF online program on island fox health exams
Join Friends of the Island Fox for our online Zoom program Date with a Fox - Tues, 2/10 at 6:30 pm PT. Wildlife vet J Sanchez DVM talks on Island Fox Health Checks: From exam to research. Make a reservation at www1.islandfox.org/2026/02/date...
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Californiaβs coast is under threat.
A coalition of environmental & community groups is urging BOEM to reject new offshore oil & gas leasingβespecially offshore CA.
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YouTube video by islandfoxnews
Date With A Fox 11 11 2025 Sylvie's Story 720
Did you miss Nov's "Date with a Fox"? FIF is thankful for all of our donors who contribute to keeping island foxes safe and healthy. We've posted the video of "Sylvie's Story" so you can hear how your donations helped an individual island fox and see how she is today. youtu.be/k1WeayWkB7g
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Friends of the Island Fox congratulates Kimberly Schoenberger on receiving FIF's 2025 Research Grant for her continuing investigation of "Transcriptomics of the Channel Island Fox through RNA-seq" This work will inform a genetic understanding of how island foxes respond to health threats.
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Get the scoop on how Working Dogs 4 Conservation are helping island spotted skunks and island foxes on Santa Cruz Island. Zoom presentation 4:30 PT us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Biologist gives rare island fox a vaccination. Island foxes are vaccinated for rabies and canine distemper
Donors like you just funded over $15,300 in vaccine to protect island foxes from canine distemper and rabies. Island fox health checks start today across the islands.
#helpprotectislandfoxes,#islandfox,#FriendsoftheIslandFox
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Metabarcoding Reveals the Genetic Fingerprints of Prey in Scat
metabarcoding research identifies dietary differences and similarities between island fox and island spotted skunk
Are island spotted skunks competing for food with island foxes? See what metabarcoding research is revealing! FIF funded this genetic analysis.
www1.islandfox.org/2025/06/meta... #islandfox,#FriendsoftheIslandFox,#islandfoxscience
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A Nose for Identifying a Species
conservation working dog successfully locates scat from island spotted skunk
Can a conservation working dog identify the difference between island fox scat and island spotted skunk scat? The DNA says: YES! Find out more about Moose and his conservation skills. www1.islandfox.org/2025/05/a-no... #islandfox,#FriendsoftheIslandFox,#islandfoxscience,
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Friends of the Island Fox Research Grant 2025
Friends of the Island Fox 2025 Island Fox Research Grant application
Congrats to Katie Elder defending her MS thesis today. Great job, Katie! Katie was a FIF Research Grant recipient. You could be too! FIF research grant deadline 6/15/25. www1.islandfox.org/2025/03/frie... #islandfox,#FriendsoftheIslandFox,#islandfoxscience,
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Friends of the Island Fox is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit org benefiting island fox conservation on the CA Channel Islands
Friends of the Island Fox is thrilled to move to Bluesky! We're a nonprofit org benefiting the island fox on CA's Channel Islands. islandfox.org #islandfox,#islandfoxscience,#ChannelIslands,#Urocyonlittoralis
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