Red fox Jan 1, 2024

This fox is having a snooze in the snow in Abruzzo, Italy. But when awake, red foxes, the most common fox species in the world, are cunning, fast and in the case of vixens, fiercely protective of their young. Fox kits are born blind, deaf, toothless and without the ability to thermoregulate. Vixens feed, protect and warm their young for months. Once the kits are old enough to survive on their own, vixens return to a solitary lifestyle.

© marco vancini/500px/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jan 1, 2025Polar bears in the Arctic
Jan 1, 2026Arctic fox

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Feb 10, 2026Es Vedrà and Es Vedranell, Ibiza, Spain
Dec 2, 2025Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, United States
Jul 2, 2024Italica, an old Roman city in Santiponce, Andalusia, Spain
Feb 4, 2026Red kite in snow
Jan 31, 2024Burchells zebras
Oct 3, 2023Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Islands, Australia
May 28, 2025Sea otter
Jan 17, 2024Eurasian wolf
Dec 30, 2023Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
Mar 16, 2025A kingfisher perched on a branch
Aug 25, 2025Calcite Springs Overlook and Yellowstone River, Wyoming, United States
Dec 14, 2024Northern hawk-owl, Canada
Sep 30, 2024Walruses in Svalbard, Norway
Jan 12, 2025Crescent-tail bigeye fish, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Jul 21, 2024Kendwa village, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Sep 16, 2025Nighttime view over the Gulf Coast
Jan 10, 2024Mylopotamos, Greece
Jun 2, 2025Skipper butterfly on an Echinacea flower
Jul 30, 2024San Gimignano, Siena, Italy
Jan 22, 2024Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Feb 16, 2025Humpback whale mother and calf
Apr 3, 2025Saguaro National Park, Arizona, United State
Jun 16, 2025Sea turtle, Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
Jul 12, 2024Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
Mar 13, 2026Mute swan with chicks in Hesse, Germany
Sep 23, 2024Sea otter, Alaska, USA
Jan 2, 2025Ardez village, Graubunden, Switzerland
Feb 12, 2024Galápagos tortoise
Oct 12, 2023Palouse region, Idaho, USA
Sep 8, 2023The Circus, Bath, Somerset, England