On Tuesday, the zoo announced that their female fennec fox, Noelle, died last week at the age of 12. Noelle was six-months-old when she arrived at the zoo in 2012. The Phoenix Zoo said she was ...

The Phoenix Zoo announced one of their beloved animals died. Noelle, a fennec fox, died at the age of 12, the Phoenix Zoo said in an Instagram post on Jan. 7. Noelle came to the Phoenix Zoo in ...

The zoo announced Noelle the female fennec fox died a week ago at the age of 12. She was six months old when she arrived at the zoo in 2012. Zoo officials have not yet said how she died.

A beloved female fennec fox died at the Phoenix Zoo last week, leaving guests, staff and animal companions with a "heavy heart," according to a Facebook post by zoo officials on Wednesday.

“They have large standing ears for a reason,” said Risa Suzuki, an attendant at the Saitama Children’s Zoo Park in Higashi-Matsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, which keeps fennec foxes. Their ears ...