Invasive species threatens agriculture industry. A campaign initially launched in the Treasure State is being borrowed north of the border as Alberta looks to get its feral hog problem under…
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Salmonella outbreak in Canada and the United States linked to…hedgehogs?
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Can we call it hedgehogella instead? A fairly substantial outbreak of salmonella is sweeping across Canada, affecting six provinces and sickening 32 people. Quebec, the country’s second most populous province,…
‘Missing’ for nearly 50 years, scientists observe so-called Elephant Shrew
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Is it missing if you’re not looking? It turns out if something of scientific or historical significance is deemed missing it doesn’t hurt to ask the locals. Such was the…
After being tranquilized, though. Bruno the bear has been racking up headlines from local media across the Midwestern United States for the past several weeks and drawn the attention of…
Not quite a polar bear! An extremely rare white grizzly bear was seen in Canada’s scenic Banff National Park, in Alberta. Though technically not considered an albino, it is equally…
‘Leggy’ tyrannosaurids were more likely distance runners than sprinters
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Efficient killer. The apex predator of the dinosaur world would do well in a cross country race–and deplete less energy while on the hunt–new research shows. New, open access research…
Transparent vs translucent. New research from McMaster University, the University of Bristol, and Universidad de Las Américas Quito, has put the glass frog under the microscope and into computer modelling.…
The pandas have been in Canada since 2014. The Calgary Zoo has announced its pandas must return to China. The two pandas, Er Shun and Da Mao, have been at…
Relationship with Centrosaurus also explored. New research from the Royal Tyrell Museum and the University of Alberta, published in the open source journal Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology, sheds some light…
The Calgary Zoo’s ‘Panda Cam’ is a relaxing mental break from strange days
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Pandas sure spend a lot of time sleeping. If you’ve noticed yourself eating more, sleeping more, and maybe even pooping more, you might feel better watching the Calgary Zoo’s Panda…
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