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How 're-wilding' can make Canada's cityscapes more climate resilient and bee friendly
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (1644+ words) By Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press Posted April 22, 2026 4: 00 am. TORONTO " The laneway beside Adam Barnes's house is, at first blush, unremarkable within Toronto's catalogue of backstreets: there are garages, a graffiti-tagged brick wall and a chain-link fence topped with barbed…...
Here's what to know about Timmy, the humpback whale that's sick and stranded in the Baltic Sea
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (615+ words) Posted April 20, 2026 8: 51 am. Nicknamed Timmy by local media, many fear it may soon die in the Baltic Sea's shallow waters near the eastern German town of Wismar. The animal faces long odds in finding its way back out into the…...
Chernobyl's radioactive landscape is testament to nature's resilience and survival spirit
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (755+ words) Posted April 19, 2026 1: 19 am. Across the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Przewalski's horses " stocky, sand-colored and almost toy-like in appearance " graze in a radioactive landscape larger than Luxembourg. On April 26, 1986, an explosion at the nuclear power plant in Ukraine sent radiation across Europe…...
Oh, give me a home: Alberta-raised wood bison calves safely relocated to Alaska
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (711+ words) By Daniela Germano, The Canadian Press Posted April 15, 2026 6: 16 pm. Dozens of Alberta-raised bison calves sent to Alaska as part of a relocation agreement with the state made it safely to their new home, but it wasn't without months of logistical…...
Toronto Zoo confirms camel from endangered species is pregnant
1+ week, 2+ day ago (363+ words) Posted April 12, 2026 8: 11 pm. The Toronto Zoo says it is expecting an addition to its wildlife family. In a social media post on Sunday, the zoo confirmed that its 11-year-old Bactrian camel Suria is pregnant and expected to give birth within…...
Ontario failed to collect nearly $10 M owed by alleged animal abusers: documents
1+ week, 4+ day ago (795+ words) By Liam Casey, The Canadian Press Posted April 10, 2026 1: 00 pm. TORONTO " Ontario has failed to collect more than 90 per cent of money owed by alleged animal abusers whose pets, livestock or menagerie were seized during investigations, The Canadian Press has learned....
Toronto Humane Society opens new animal health centre on Queen East
1+ week, 6+ day ago (446+ words) Posted April 8, 2026 4: 27 pm. The Toronto Humane Society (THS) is expanding access to some essential veterinary services by opening a new facility steps away from their River Street location. The Community Animal Health Centre at 632 Queen Street East opened Wednesday and…...
Toddler injured by wolf after crawling under Pennsylvania zoo's exterior metal fence
2+ week, 2+ day ago (351+ words) Posted April 5, 2026 5: 08 pm. The child was never inside the wolf habitat at the Zoo America North American Wildlife Park, which is part of the Hersheypark theme park, and the officials characterized the injuries as minor without elaborating. After the "unsupervised…...
World's oldest tortoise very much alive despite death rumors
2+ week, 6+ day ago (367+ words) Posted April 2, 2026 7: 40 am. Jonathan, believed to be 193, is still kicking " albeit slowly " on the island of St. Helena. News of the tortoise's demise spread rapidly on social media on April Fool's Day. An account on X, falsely claiming to be…...
Toronto Zoo reveals name of Masai giraffe calf
3+ week, 17+ hour ago (368+ words) Posted March 31, 2026 2: 00 pm. Standing at nearly seven-feet tall, the Toronto Zoo's not-so-little new arrival now has a name thanks to thousands of votes cast by the public over three weeks between March 10 and 23. Born on February 26 at six feet four…...