Tag: Canada

TWS member April Martinig can relate to red squirrels. Finding an apartment in Edmonton, Alberta is about as tough as it is for a squirrel in Yukon to find a...

Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) have long plagued the South. They’ve made inroads in Canada. Now, residents worry they threaten to spread outside Canada into border states like Montana and North...

Trappers may be harvesting wolverines at unsustainable levels in the south of their range in the Canadian Rockies, according to new research. Maintaining population numbers in this area can be...

Even if an area is protected, it doesn’t necessarily mean there is more mammal diversity than unprotected areas, researchers in Canada found. Instead, it’s the landscape features within and between...

Across the landscape of British Columbia and Alberta stretch hundreds of thousands of kilometers of seismic lines — strips of land cleared to test for oil and gas resources underground....

Known as the “Jane Goodall of giraffes,” and often adorned in giraffe clothing and accessories, giraffe conservationist and Toronto native Anne Innis Dagg has been touring in North America, promoting...

In the battle between wolf and caribou, who wins? This isn’t a battle for survival. This is bragging rights for long-distance travel. Researchers set out to determine which species globally...

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 (Rangifer tarandus) herds...

Wolverine biologists are tapping into decades of trapper knowledge from remote parts of Alberta to gain a better understanding of the distribution of the rare mammal in the Canadian province....

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...