Some facts about the arctic fox

The Arctic fox is able to walk on top of snow and listen for the movement of prey beneath it.

The Arctic fox is the best-traveled of any terrestrial mammal with the exception of Homo sapiens (Nowak, 1999).

Captive breeding of the fox has revealed that the blue morph, while uncommon in the wild (constituting less than 5 percent of some populations), is actually the dominant form (Sale, 2006).

Overtrapping drove the fox nearly to extinction in many areas, yet today the fox's status is "not threatened."

The winter coat develops in October and is shed in April.

Although the white morph fox is typically a very pure white during the winter, in areas with a slightly warmer climate they may remain relatively dark throughout the whole year, more closely resembling the color of their summer coat (Nowak, 1999).

The Arctic fox's vocalizations include barks, screams, and hisses, yet are seldom heard except during breeding season, during territorial disputes, and to warn their young.