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Have you seen a Black Swift? Researchers need your help
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (211+ words) The Black Swift is one of Canada’s most elusive birds, preferring to build their nests on steep cliff faces and other remote locations. The black swift population is in trouble, with an estimated 50 per cent decline over the past three…...
Bats, bees and butterflies feature at Moth Ball
1+ week, 5+ day ago (465+ words) Creatures that might be called creepy-crawlies by some were celebrated last week at the Eagle Point Blue Rapids Moth Ball. Before the main activities began, Sandra Bannard, the executive director of the EPBR Parks Council, gave a brief history of…...
Belugas on the move: Marineland begins “complex” relocation of marine mammals
2+ week, 1+ day ago (449+ words) The first six of 30 belugas remaining in the Niagara Falls park were being transferred to Toronto Pearson Airport Monday to be flown to Chicago in a Boeing 747. The first six of Marineland’s 30 remaining beluga whales were being removed from the…...
Ancient squirrel feces a ‘time capsule,’ smelling as fresh as 700,000 years ago
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (558+ words) The scent of ancient squirrel feces filled the laboratory where researcher Tyler Murchie was working to extract the genetic material it contained, revealing the scat can still smell just as fresh today as it did some 700,000 years ago. The droppings…...
Fat? Goliath looked like a Smart car with fur
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (385+ words) Nearly 20 years later, the legend of Portland’s tubby tabby is one of the wonders of the world, William Thomas writes. An animal care technician at Oregon Humane Society holds up Goliath, a nine-kilogram (20-pound) stray cat whose girth got him…...
Squirrels — rats with really nice tails
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (624+ words) These diabolical rodents seem to exist only to torment dogs and property owners, William Thomas writes. Squirrels seem to delight in scurrying across fences like they’re runways and causing property damage, William Thomas writes. William Thomas is a Niagara-based humour…...
Moosomin area eligible to access strychnine for gopher control
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (490+ words) The Moosomin region is within one of seven strychnine use areas in Saskatchewan. Producers in the Moosomin area are eligible to access strychnine for gopher control after the governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta received approval for a revised joint Emergency…...
Two orphaned bear cubs rescued on Vancouver Island, after mom found dead
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (227+ words) North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre, a not-for-profit organization that cares for the well-being of wildlife on Vancouver Island, B.C., says it has admitted two young orphaned black bear cubs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout-North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre (mandatory credit) ERRINGTON - A…...
Step aside, children: A Chilean zoo stages an Easter egg hunt with treats for the animals
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (212+ words) At the largest private zoo in Chile, several of its animal residents — meerkats, monkeys, lemurs and others — searched on Sunday for their food packaged as Easter egg-themed treats. The “egg hunt” is an annual event at Bioparque Buinzoo in the…...
Pets find their new parents during adoption day event in Niagara
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (492+ words) Niki Alfonzo, left, of St. Catharines with two-year-old Olivia during Saturday’s adoption event at the PetSmart store on Geneva Street in St. Catharines. As part of National Adoption Week, the PetSmart chain brings the animals out of their shelters and…...