Experts thrilled as iconic species thrives thanks to innovative project: 'Would surely have become extinct'

Experts thrilled as iconic species thrives thanks to innovative project: 'Would surely have become extinct'

While the Arctic fox has been listed as "least concern" on the IUCN Red List since 2014, the animal has been designated as an endangered species in mainland Norway for years. But there is increasing hope that the species now has a much brighter future.  Thanks to fierce competition for food and widespread hunting for their valuable fur, Arctic foxes saw their population drastically decrease in Norway for decades. By the 1990s, the prospects for …