Watch: Tiny Manitoba town draws 70K yearly — in snakes
Thousands of tourists come out to a small town in Manitoba every year to witness garter snakes emerge from hibernation. But while the human crowds can be large, ...
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Changes come to polar bear capital of the world
As temperatures get warmer in Churchill, Manitoba, residents may be seeing some changes to their town, which is known as the polar bear capital of the world. Many ...
Arctic fox dens attract their prey
When Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) make dens, they’re not just creating shelter for themselves. They appear to attract lemmings (Dicrostonyx richardsoni) to nest ...
JWM study: Logging may cause caribou stress
More than natural events like wildfire, or manmade features like roads and transmission lines, effects of logging operations on their habitat seem to be the biggest ...
University of Manitoba offers mentored hunting course
Students at the University of Manitoba are getting hands-on experience harvesting geese and deer while earning college credits. The Environmental Field ...
Tourism Winnipeg recognizes TWS conference success
Manitoba’s tourism department recently presented TWS members Merlin Shoesmith and Don Sexton the “Bring it Home Award” for helping draw more than 1,500 people ...
TWS 2015 student poster winner: Windfarms and wildlife
Rehabilitation may be a potential form of mitigation for the threats wind farms pose to migratory birds, according to research presented at The Wildlife ...
TWS 2015 Student Poster Winner: North Dakota Muskrats
When it comes to tracking the genetic similarity of one muskrat to another, the best thing to do is go the way the river flows, according to research presented at ...
TWS 2015 Student Poster Winner: Sparrows and the Military
A military reserve may be the perfect place for sparrow habitat in North Carolina, according to research presented at The Wildlife Society’s 2015 Annual ...
The 1,000 Sponsors TWS Student’s Trip to Churchill
It was about 100 degrees when Michelle Hockenbury flew out of Phoenix in mid-October to travel north. She was headed to Winnipeg, Manitoba, for The Wildlife ...