Arctic predators drive rodent population cycles
Voles and lemmings are some of the most populous mammals in the Arctic, and their populations go through cycles that rise and fall. But why? That’s long been a ...
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Mountain goat gores grizzly to death in British Columbia
In a surprising twist, a hiker has discovered evidence of a mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) goring a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) to death in Yoho ...
JWM: For caribou, not all disturbance is the same
Researchers found that fire disturbance doesn’t negatively affect caribou in the same way as humans do, suggesting that Canadian recovery guidelines should change ...
In BC, grizzly groups and Indigenous groups show ‘striking’ overlap
Researchers in British Columbia have discovered a remarkable crossover between cultural diversity and biological diversity. The region hosts three distinct genetic ...
Giving orphaned grizzlies a chance back in the wild
Most orphaned grizzly cubs never make it in the wild. Often, they are left to die, shot on the spot or taken to a zoo. But in British Columbia, Orphaned grizzlies ...
Parks Canada aims to steer bears from Banff roads and rails
Parks Canada is trying to reduce bear encounters with people in Banff National Park by luring bears away from some of the park’s busier areas. The agency is ...
Report finds provinces fell far short of conservation pledge
A report by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society found most Canadian provinces fell far short of the country’s 10-year goal to conserve 17% of its land mass ...
Oil, gas development changes caribou migration
Woodland mountain caribou in western Alberta change their yearly migration behavior during the winter months in an attempt to cope with increasing habitat loss to ...
Vancouver Island faces growing lizard problems
After being released from a private zoo in 1970, common wall lizards are surging on Vancouver Island. “This is a lizard that shouldn’t be here,” Gavin Hanke, ...
Polar bears hunt seals along large cracks in sea ice
Polar bears in western Hudson Bay sometimes follow large, linear cracks in the sea ice while searching for prey. Those large cracks, known as flaw leads, can occur ...