Into The Air

The Arctic fox’s favourite prey are small rodents called lemmings. These small rodents do not hibernate, even when winter is at its coldest. They burrow their holes in low areas in the snow and track small pathways to and from nests. Arctic foxes with their wide and short ears can hear them moving under the snow. Once they ear one, they will leap high into the air, as you can see on this image, and burrow into the snow to catch them. Smaller rodent populations waver between times of abundance an