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Alberta researcher pitches Australian-made beehives as new alternative for Canadian beekeepers
A master beekeeper in Alberta is putting an insulated hive to the test he says could help a struggling Canadian industry. Source link
P.E.I. researchers turn sawdust into a solution for dirty water
Researchers at UPEI are experimenting with using sawdust to clean wastewater, and they hope in the future they can use it to remove ‘forever chemicals’ — like PFAS. Source link
Wildlife photographer helps save elk trapped in netting in Prince Albert National Park
Avid wildlife photographer Rod Young reported a bull elk in distress to Prince Albert National Park staff, who then tranquilized the animal and freed it from the man-made netting. Source link
Wind turbines keep killing bats in Canada. Advocates say this needs to change
Bats don’t exactly have a glowing public image. After all, they’re often associated with blood-sucking vampires, gloomy caves and all things spooky. But migratory bats in Canada are in desperate need of protection, according to researchers. Source link
When a polar bear kills, it doesn’t just eat. It feeds a whole ecosystem
Many of nature’s apex predators guard their dinner from scavengers until they’ve gobbled up every last morsel and licked the bones clean. But polar bars eat what they need, and leave the rest behind for other Arctic critters to munch. Source link
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