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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

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

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

Landowners in Wine Harbour are speaking up for the first time against the cabinet decision on whale sanctuary project. Source link

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

A Nova Scotia man who fishes in the Minas Basin says he routinely sees the harm that faulty culverts cause fish. Source link

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

Three wolves were spotted in Fort McPherson in October. One was shot and killed this week. The N.W.T. Department of Environment and Climate Change is encouraging residents to leash their pets, vaccinate their dogs, and not to store food outside. Source link

Earthquakes Canada has confirmed that a magnitude 3.5 earthquake felt widely across Greater Sudbury Friday morning was mining induced. Source link

Acadia University will soon be home to the first tick-breeding research centre in Canada. The team will test repellents and research tick-borne diseases, but it will also breed thousands of the pests to send to researchers around the world. Source link