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Vampire bats are ‘little ninjas’ who are actually quite sweet
Documentary Empire of Bats nails the coffin shut on vampire bat myths Source link
'You could hear them in the walls': Leaside residents blame rat infestation on neighbour feeding wildlife
Residents of a street in Toronto’s Leaside neighbourhood say they’re fighting a rat infestation brought on by a neighbour who refuses to stop feeding wildlife in her backyard. Source link
Hurricane Melissa: a case study in a changing hurricane era
Hurricane Melissa’s Category 5 winds tore into western Jamaica Tuesday morning, marking one of the most powerful Atlantic landfalls ever recorded. CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe looks at how Melissa may be part of a new hurricane era: storms fuelled by record-warm seas and slowed by a shifting jet stream. Source link
Arctic fossil is northern-most rhino species ever found
Millions of years ago, a pony-sized, hornless rhino wandered through the woods and munched on leaves in what is now northern Nunavut. A new study identities it as a new species, and offers an intriguing explanation for how it got there. Source link
Scientists discover dinosaur 'mummies' with hoofs like a horse
It’s been more than 60 million years since duck-billed dinosaurs roamed around what is now known as western North America. Or, more accurately, since they clomped around. On their hoofs. Source link
Grizzly killed through Alberta’s new hunting program, province says
The Alberta government says one grizzly bear has been killed by a member of the Wildlife Management Responder Network, marking the first bear “lethally removed” since that program was implemented last summer. Source link
Opponents in rural Nova Scotia challenge cabinet decision on whale sanctuary project
Landowners in Wine Harbour are speaking up for the first time against the cabinet decision on whale sanctuary project. Source link
Honey-hunting grizzlies are 'one of the realities' for beekeepers in Bearberry, Alta.
For Mountain View County beekeepers Simone and Steven Dold, bears trying to steal from their hives is just “one of the realities” of living in the rural Alberta community of Bearberry. Source link
Faulty culverts are harming or killing fish. N.S. environmentalists want that to change
A Nova Scotia man who fishes in the Minas Basin says he routinely sees the harm that faulty culverts cause fish. Source link
U of T creates emergency fund for researchers facing U.S. funding cuts
University of Toronto has created an emergency fund to support its researchers who are facing unexpected losses in funding due to cuts and policy changes at U.S. federal research agencies. Source link