How is a changing Arctic affecting wildlife movement?
Long-term wildlife movement studies in the Arctic are hard to come by. That’s because they can be expensive, requiring tags that communicate through satellite ...
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Seabirds deposit microplastics onto Arctic
Seabirds in the Arctic may be removing microplastics from the ocean and dumping them right back on land. “Colonial seabirds could be acting as an important source ...
Ray Alisauskas receives Caesar Kleberg award
When Ray Alisauskas first started researching Arctic waterfowl in 1983, their numbers were on a steady upswing. When he joined Canadian Wildlife Service in 1989, ...
JWM: Delaying seismic surveying better for polar bear dens
Oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s North Slope would disturb fewer maternal denning polar bear mothers if start times are delayed during bear maternal denning ...
Half of Arctic shorebirds are declining; waterfowl flourish
Across the circumpolar north, some Arctic tundra birds, such as waterfowl, seem to be flourishing while others, like most shorebirds, are seeing their populations ...
Tiny pests and warm weather can cause lag in caribou migration
When spring comes to the Arctic, caribou across Canada and Alaska synchronize the timing of their movement in a massive continent-wide migration to their calving ...
Wild Cam: Svalbard Reindeer rebound after near extirpation
At 35 degrees Fahrenheit, it was a relatively warm day in an Arctic archipelago far north of the Norwegian mainland. But drift ice still floated in the balmy summer ...
New map illustrates caribou decline in Canada
Caribou populations are dropping all across Canada, with one herd — the South Selkirk — in British Columbia down to just three females by April 2018. Caribou ...
Arctic Refuge coastal plains to be opened to energy development
The Bureau of Land Management released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for oil and gas leasing on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain. ...
Why do Canadian Arctic seabirds carry so much mercury?
Seabirds in Canada and the Pacific Arctic show greater concentrations of mercury contamination than their Arctic European counterparts, according to a meta-review. ...