Hunters say there were plenty of polar bear tracks around the giant mammal. When Lenny Panigayak and his family were out seal hunting near Taloyoak, Nunavut, they came across a rare sight, even for experienced hunters. It was a full-size, beached, frozen bowhead whale. “That was a very, […]
Filmmakers spent three years following and filming pandas in China’s Qinling Mountains. Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) are popular for their comically round body shape and adorable antics, and videos of captive pandas playing in snow; rolling around like giant balls; using their heads to climb; or even accidentally face-planting, are undeniably enchanting. But when […]
Mother of rare, white-headed cub killed Sept. 3 by train, cubs presumed dead Wildlife experts say the death of a mother grizzly bear and her two cubs — including a rare blond-headed grizzly — in Banff National Park is a major loss to the population. Parks Canada has […]
And its not Ikea! When researching the carbon footprint of steel production, you may come across the sentence “it takes 200 tons of steel to make a wind turbine” . So how sustainable are those steel turbines? “A two-megawatt windmill contains 260 tonnes of steel requiring 170 tonnes […]
Wolverines are majestic and powerful creatures. There are also one of the most elusive on Earth. Thanks to organisations like Yellowstone to Yukon, we are learning more about the locations and movements of the Wolverine in Southern Alberta and BC in Canada as well as northern Montana in […]
The shark is joining the ranks of beloved Canadian animals like the beaver and grizzly bear on a postage stamp. Canada Post unveiled new stamps Thursday that feature five sharks that either live in or are visitors to Canadian waters: the Greenland shark, basking shark, blue shark, mako […]
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