Tag: Alberta

Grizzlies in western Canada may need to look both ways before they cross the train tracks. Although grizzlies (Ursus arctos horribilis) have often been witnessed alongside the rails seeking grain...

The Beaver Hills Biosphere in central Alberta includes a patchwork of protected areas, but some of the terrain that fishers in the region rely on most are unprotected. “We really...

Gray wolves (Canis lupus) are accustomed to the snowy landscapes of northeastern Alberta, Canada, but when snow is falling, they become less active, researchers found. The effect was especially clear...

Collaboration between the Tallcree Tribal Government, Nature Conservancy Canada, Syncrude Canada and the governments of Alberta and Canada has led to the establishment of the Birch River Wildland Provincial Park....

After lifting a ban on releasing orphaned black bears (Ursus americanus) into the wild, Alberta Environment and Parks continues to pursue the question of also lifting a ban against returning...

Like the cuckoo bird, the rare macropis cuckoo bee (Epeoloides pilosulus) sneaks its eggs into the nests of another species and lets the unwitting host raise its young. While news...

To reduce conflicts with humans, grizzlies (Ursus arctos) in Alberta are often moved to other areas, but where and when these translocations take place can have a big impact on...

After fishers (Pekania pennanti) were reintroduced in the 1990s to Cooking Lake Moraine, a rolling upland region in Central Alberta, researchers didn’t know if their budding population was a result...

Mark Boyce couldn’t help but notice the difference in the elk he was studying in Alberta. When hunting season arrived, their behavior visibly changed. As the roads became busy with...

Grassland songbirds have suffered more declines than any other group of birds in North America because swaths of their habitat have been degraded by agriculture and development, including natural gas...