Red foxes used to be hunted by bobcats, lynxes, panthers, and wolves, but there are not many of those predators left. When a red fox is scared, he doesn't usually go into a den. Instead, he depends on his speed and intelligence to help him escape the dangerous animal. Red foxes live in most areas of the US and Canada, except the southwest and parts of Texas and Alaska. They like open fields and wooded areas.
Red foxes are opportunistic feeders, eating pretty much anything they can find.
Their diet changes with the seasons. In the summertime, when there are lots of bugs and fruits, foxes eat grasshoppers, beetles, crickets, berries, nuts, and grains. In the wintertime, when the bugs and fruits are gone, they eat small animals like mice, rabbits, birds, turtles, eggs, and even dead animals like road-kills. Foxes will also eat your trash if they can find it. Many foxes are starting to live in and around neighborhoods like raccoons.