Noelle, a 12-year-old fennec fox at the Phoenix Zoo, died last week, officials said. Here's what happened to the cute animal.

The Phoenix Zoo announced one of their beloved animals died. Noelle, a fennec fox, died at the age of 12, the Phoenix Zoo ...

The Phoenix Zoo is mourning the loss of one of its beloved animals. The zoo announced Noelle the female fennec fox died a ...

You can’t miss the fennec foxes big bat-like ears. These magnificent displays of environmental adaptation allow the fennec fox to pinpoint their prey, even when buried under the shifting sands.

So sensitive are the enormous ears of the Fennec fox that they can hear a pin drop hundreds of metres away and even detect the movement of their prey under the surface of the sand. But this ...

Fennec foxes are native to the deserts of North Africa, and use their unusually large ears to hunt prey, including small mammals and insects underground. The kits were born weighing just 46g each ...