JWM: Hog-nosed snakes need sandy dunes for nesting
Saying eastern hog-nosed snakes are a little prickly is probably an understatement. When Laura Robson, a master’s student at the University of Ottawa at the time, ...
Ontario
Ontario heightens CWD precautions
The government of Ontario is increasing protections for deer, elk and moose from chronic wasting disease. The disease has not been found in Ontario, but it has ...
Cross-border cooperation nets feral swine boar
Cooperation is often the key to successful wildlife management, especially when the species crosses international borders. Feral swine, also wild pigs (Sus scrofa) ...
Northern snakes face increasingly unstable winters
A threatened population of massasauga rattlesnakes in Canada is facing increasingly unstable conditions at the northern end of their range. Massasaugas (Sistrurus ...
As white-nose kills some bats, others expand their diets
Big brown bats may be taking over the ecological food niche of little brown bats due to the latter’s greater susceptibility to a deadly fungal pathogen. ...
Birds lose weight, migrate later after consuming insecticide
Birds that have ingested seeds treated with a common insecticide experience weight loss and delay their migrations — effects that could reduce their chances of ...
Citizen scientists have eagle eye for new bird arrivals
Informal bird enthusiasts are great at detecting the arrival of new species in an area, but their observations aren’t necessarily the best at giving accurate ...
The diminishing song of Quebec’s chorus frogs
The remaining boreal chorus frogs in the province of Quebec may require government protection to give them a chance at surviving, according to new research. “We ...
Remote-controlled device helps trap box-nesting birds
Wildlife managers can now capture birds by trapping them inside their nests using a remote-controlled device similar to a garage door opener. Dave Shutler, TWS ...
Watch: Carnivorous Canadian plant eats baby salamanders
Biologists have discovered a salamander-eating plant in a Canadian provincial park. Researchers monitoring carnivorous northern pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea ...