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For decades, this ferocious scavenger has been absent from the Labrador landscape but there’s renewed hope the endangered wolverine might be making an official comeback. Source link

Science is under attack. In an era of AI, instant misinformation and hidden agendas, how do you tell the difference between real science and well-packaged fraud? CBC News’s Johanna Wagstaffe breaks down the peer review process — the critical filter that determines what science the public can trust. Source link

Researchers are turning to a new high-tech combination of drones, thermal cameras and artificial intelligence to get a new vantage point on Alberta’s wild boar problem. Source link

Conservation groups say recent calls for the provincial government to legalize the hunting of threatened grizzly bears in Alberta aren’t justified by science due to a lack of up-to-date population studies. Source link

McGill University’s Macdonald Campus has a new greenhouse, which features seven bays, a classroom and demonstration rooms. Staff explain how they plan to use these new facilities. Source link

Instead of firing artillery weapons or throwing explosives from a helicopter, a Canadian company is using drones for avalanche control. Source link

The City of Whitehorse is preparing residents for the spring freshet — or spring melt — season, and the possible landslides to follow in the downtown core. Officials say this year’s snowpack is similar to 2022, when a series of landslides closed Robert Service Way for weeks and put homes at risk. Source link

A global assessment on migratory freshwater fish species, published in March, found that there are 325 species of migratory fish crossing international borders that need deliberate action in order to survive. Source link

Other countries, like the U.K., the United States and the European Union have all dedicated funding and detailed roadmaps to replace animal testing in research settings. And while Canada has a strategy to replace animals used in chemical and toxicity testing, there is still no plan for those used in biomedical testing. Source link

While their trip looked like fun during the numerous news conferences and videos we saw, the four astronauts were hard at work with scientific observations, medical experiments and exercise. And they also had to deal with unexpected issues. Source link