Geographical Location: Canada

May 13, 2022

Wild Cam: ‘Forever chemicals’ affect murre reproduction

Hanging off cliffs a few hundred meters above Hudson Bay made for some great views. The deep blue of the water underneath contrasted with the white rock of the exposed...

May 12, 2022

What does deer infection mean for COVID’s future?

The virus that causes COVID-19 has spread throughout North American deer populations, but what the impacts may be for wildlife and for humans remains unclear. Hundreds of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus...

May 3, 2022

Forest degradation in Canada causes bird decline

In the Acadian Forest in eastern Canada’s maritime provinces, birds are declining due to logging old, diverse forests and replacing them with single-species plantations. Matthew Betts, a professor in the...

April 28, 2022

On Canada’s Pacific Coast, First Nations serve as guardians

Along Canada’s Pacific Coast, First Nations patrols have become critical to national parks, natural resource projects and other efforts. They patrol hundreds of miles along the coast that otherwise tend...

April 25, 2022

Marco Festa-Bianchet receives award for long-term monitoring work

Marco Festa-Bianchet has had his fair share of challenges while conducting fieldwork to monitor long-term changes in populations of large mammals. He’s ventured out in the snow in minus 5-degree...

April 18, 2022

JWM: GPS collar data can help researchers track wolf kills

Courtney Irvine had just spent 30 minutes digging up clumps of bison hair at a wolf kill site in Prince Alberta National Park in Saskatchewan when she heard the howls....

March 23, 2022

Oil drilling noise impairs endangered songbird nesting success

Occasional, loud bursts of noise are disrupting threatened songbird species in the Canadian prairies. Oil pumpjacks are found all over southeastern Alberta prairie lands, which is also home to many...

March 21, 2022

Fearful prey take fewer risks for their young

Typically, the more predators are on the landscape, the less prey are around. Bring in more wolves (Canis lupus), and you can expect elk (Cervus canadensis) numbers to fall. “It...

March 3, 2022

Scientists find first possible case of COVID-19 transmission from deer to human

A new study in preprint reported the first potential case of a deer passing the novel coronavirus to a human. Researchers say they found no evidence of an elevated risk...

March 1, 2022

A prescription for nature

Doctors in Canada can now write a prescription for their patients to get outside. Through a partnership with the PaRx initative, Parks Canada is helping distribute 100 national park passes....