They eat almost any animal they can catch. Foxes especially like mice and other kinds of rodents. They also hunt birds, frogs, insects, lizards, and rabbits. Most foxes eat many kinds of fruits. They may even eat the remains of a dead animal.
Foxes hide their uneaten food by burying it.
They hunt mostly at night. Young The female gives birth in the late winter or early spring. The baby is called a pup. The red fox has 4 to 9 pups at a time. The gray fox has only 3 to 5 pups at a time.