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Wild lynx "shocks" residents in downtown Thunder Bay, Ont. on Family Day | 208698 hits | 3:50 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Several residents in Thunder Bay, Ont. say a wild lynx was spotted on Monday evening around 5 p.m. near Marina Park along the Marina Park Drive. Mating coyotes in Calgary neighbourhood raises safety concerns | 208760 hits | 12:34 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
Coyotes are getting too close for comfort for some residents of a northwest Calgary neighbourhood. An uptick in sightings has prompted calls for action by local officials amid rising fears of an attack. Sperm whale spotted in B.C. strait for 1st time in decades | 208843 hits | 8:06 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
The booming clicks coming from an underwater microphone placed in the waters of B.C.'s Johnstone Strait could only have been one animal — a sperm whale. A sperm whale has been confirmed on Vancouver Island's eastern coast for the first time since 1984. Leaping elk crashes low-flying research helicopter | 208939 hits | 8:01 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
An elk leaped into a research helicopter that was trying to capture it and brought down the helicopter in a collision that also killed the elk, authorities in Utah said Tuesday. All-female fish species shows sex is overrated | 209113 hits | 4:00 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
An all-female freshwater fish species called the Amazon molly is living proof that sexual reproduction may be vastly overrated, scientists say after analyzing its DNA.Aquarium captures video of octopus birth
A remarkable video showing the birth of an octopus at the Virginia Aquarium has been viewed more than 1 million times on social media. The clip shows a baby Caribbean reef octopus wriggling out of a flowerlike section of eggs. Almost immediately, the colo
| 208757 hits | 11:28 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
A remarkable video showing the birth of an octopus at the Virginia Aquarium has been viewed more than 1 million times on social media. The clip shows a baby Caribbean reef octopus wriggling out of a flowerlike section of eggs. Almost immediately, the colo Delta residents warned to watch skies for divebombing owls after 3 attacks | 210210 hits | 4:48 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
Delta police are warning residents to watch the skies after three people in the Tsawwassen area were dive-bombed by ornery owls Thursday. A raptor expert offers some insight on possible motives. Shark cousin uses heat from ocean vents to incubate its eggs | 210345 hits | 7:30 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
Birds might sit on their eggs for weeks to keep them warm until they hatch, but deep-sea fish called skates have found a less boring and time-consuming way to incubate their eggs - using geothermal energy. Rare Brown Booby recovering in Victoria | 208365 hits | 5:50 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
A rare tropical Brown Booby is undergoing treatment at a rehabilitation centre after it was found immobile and shivering in cold water off Victoria. The Brown Booby is rare for Victoria and this is only the fifth such sighting in the city since 2009. Seal hit by car after wandering onto N.S. highway now eating, recovering | 208331 hits | 7:39 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
A wayward seal pup that was struck by a car after wandering onto a road two times in Cape Breton is munching on fish and recovering at a wildlife shelter outside Halifax. Ucluelet's Wild Pacific Trail undergoing repairs after extreme weather pounds coastal shoreline | 208402 hits | 7:33 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
After the weekend of extreme weather and storms, a much-loved Ucluelet hiking trail is undergoing repairs. The Wild Pacific Trail took a hit to its lookout points and shoreline trails as waves, rain and high winds battered the province's coast. Orca belly-rubbing off Sunshine Coast beach thrills onlookers | 208459 hits | 7:27 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
Video shows seven killer whales, ranging in size from two to eight metres, scraping bodies up and down the pebbly beach. According to the Vancouver Aquarium, the behaviour is fairly common, but unique to northern resident killer whales. 'She's feisty and wants to be out': Injured snowy owl makes a return to the wild | 208273 hits | 2:10 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
A snowy owl that was found injured late last year has made its return into Manitoba’s wild. The owl's road to recovery included time in a small enclosure where a special wrap had to be placed on the animal. "She was a bit of a biter so we had to reapply tMore than 1,000 cold-stunned sea turtles wash into Florida bay
More than 1,000 sea turtles stunned by unusually cold weather have been rescued from waters off Florida's Panhandle this month. Many of the stunned animals are juvenile green turtles, along with some Kemp's ridleys, one hawksbill and a few loggerheads. Ke
| 208487 hits | 1:44 AM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
More than 1,000 sea turtles stunned by unusually cold weather have been rescued from waters off Florida's Panhandle this month. Many of the stunned animals are juvenile green turtles, along with some Kemp's ridleys, one hawksbill and a few loggerheads. Ke Tofino resort experiences 'perfect storm' during extreme wave warning event | 208826 hits | 12:59 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
Samantha Hackett has seen a lot wild storms during her time working Long Beach Lodge Resort in Tofino — but the high waves that came with Thursday's extreme storm surges were a first. Lobsters 'very likely' feel pain when boiled alive, researcher says | 216050 hits | 7:05 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
The Swiss government's recent ban on boiling lobsters alive may have had some Maritimers chuckling, but one researcher said there's merit to the move, and it's "very likely" lobsters feel pain. Backcountry skiers warned to avoid Rockies due to serious avalanche risk | 208180 hits | 9:57 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Avalanche Canada and Parks Canada issued a special public avalanche warning for Thursday through Monday for interior B.C. Bulletins were also issued for Jasper, Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Kananaskis national parks. How an unusual ice pattern formed in the Northumberland Strait | 215430 hits | 4:42 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
A picture of an ice formation in the Northumberland Strait is fascinating viewers on social media — and for good reason, according to the Atlantic Canadian Coast Guard. 'I was terrified': Neighbour rescues woman, small dog from coyote in Ontario suburb | 208089 hits | 9:51 AM on Friday | posted by Hyack
An Ontario woman is expressing gratitude towards a helpful neighbour who intervened when she and her small dog came face to face with an aggressive coyote during a walk in a suburb northeast of Toronto. Wildlife-watching tours safe despite incidents, official says | 208588 hits | 6:38 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
The wildlife- and whale-watching industry is safe despite three incidents resulting in deaths and injuries in less than two years. The Stellar Sea struck a rock that was a known hazard during a bear-watching tour off the west coast of Vancouver Island in | 208487 hits | 6:31 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
The annual Christmas Bird Count shows there more birds, including bald eagles, sticking around the city in the winter than in previous decades. Three bald eagles were counted in 1987. Last month's count revealed 34. That's a jump of more than 1,000 per cePostal carriers say aggressive turkeys stopping mail service
Postal carriers say a rafter of aggressive wild turkeys have prevented them from delivering mail to more than two dozen homes in a Cleveland suburb. A U.S. Postal Service spokesman says some carriers have been pecked but none have been injured.
| 208608 hits | 3:57 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
Postal carriers say a rafter of aggressive wild turkeys have prevented them from delivering mail to more than two dozen homes in a Cleveland suburb. A U.S. Postal Service spokesman says some carriers have been pecked but none have been injured. 'The force of the water is always going to triumph': why Niagara Falls will never freeze | 208896 hits | 3:27 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
The minimum flow rate of water going over Niagara Falls is slower during the winter, but the freezing temperatures aren't impacting rates. To the eye right now it looks as though parts of Niagara Falls are frozen because of the miniature glaciers and long Porcupine caribou numbers 'highest ever recorded' | 208119 hits | 3:23 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
'It's a positive, shining light in the caribou world,' says Yukon biologist. An aerial count of the Porcupine caribou herd in July reports between 202,000 and 235,000 animals, nearly twice the number of animals recorded at a low point in 2001. New Year's Day dolphin pod thrills B.C. ferry passengers | 208521 hits | 10:46 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
A fast-moving pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins delighted the passengers of a ferry travelling from Nanaimo to Horseshoe Bay on Monday. They tend to be seen in groups of 10 to 200 but can occasionally form large supergroups of over 1,000 animals. Owl hit and caught in SUV survives | 209232 hits | 7:04 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
Salthaven West, a Regina wildlife rehabilitation centre, often responds to reports of injured animals, but Thursday night's call was different from the norm, according to director Megan Lawrence. 'He's supposed to be hibernating': members of remote Ontario First Nation worry for still active black bear | 208291 hits | 6:52 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
Some members of a remote northern Ontario First Nation are worried about a black bear that's still wandering outside in the cold. A black bear out in the heart of winter is an almost unheard of sight in the remote community, where temperatures over the ho It's winter: Watch out for falling raccoons | 209588 hits | 5:01 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Nov. 23 was not a typical workday at one Toronto-area office building. When employees showed up, there was a gaping hole in the ceiling above one desk. Underneath the desk, near the legs of a red chair, sat a masked intruder looking remarkably relaxed. Banff wolves may soon have meal they haven't tasted in 140 years: wild bison | 210010 hits | 3:30 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Banff's reintroduced bison herd is getting ready to go it alone next summer as their paddock fences come down, and that means facing predators that have been watching the new arrivals closely.California salmon lose way after ride downstream in drought
A desperate decision to truck California's native baby salmon toward the Pacific Ocean during the state's drought may have resulted in generations of lost young salmon now hard-pressed to find their way back to their reproductive grounds.
| 208195 hits | 2:00 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
A desperate decision to truck California's native baby salmon toward the Pacific Ocean during the state's drought may have resulted in generations of lost young salmon now hard-pressed to find their way back to their reproductive grounds. Distance restrictions on orcas haven't hurt tourism: study | 208100 hits | 8:55 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
A study by a federal agency has found that restrictions limiting boats from getting too close to endangered southern resident killer whales have not harmed the whale-watching industry. Off limits to humans, this B.C. island is a bird haven - and climate change harbinger | 209060 hits | 2:20 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
Located off the B.C. coast, Triangle Island is crucial to the planet's seabirds — and off limits to humans. Hard to find on any map, it’s actually one of the most densely populated places on the B.C. coast — if you happen to be a seabird. Salmon or trout: What the heck is a steelhead, anyway' | 210725 hits | 6:42 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
Until just a few days ago, anyone interested in learning about B.C.’s struggling steelhead might stumble upon a DFO website describing them as a type of Pacific salmon. A deer tried to cross Highway 401 and survived, thanks to motorists, police | 207994 hits | 6:03 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
A deer trying to cross Highway 401 at Avenue Road was safely caught by police and motorists on Friday morning and has already been released into the wild. Rarely seen white morph gyrfalcon spotted in New Brunswick | 208396 hits | 8:49 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
The high arctic bird is known for its thick body, long tail and shades of white, gray and dark brown. According to bird expert Alain Clavette, the white morph gyrfalcon is native to the high arctic. "It is one of the top predators up there," he said.'Love call' of threatened Mexican fish so loud it could deafen dolphins
A species of Mexican fish amasses in reproductive orgies so loud they can deafen other sea animals, awed scientists said Wednesday, calling for preservation of the "spectacle" threatened by overfishing.
| 208163 hits | 6:50 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
A species of Mexican fish amasses in reproductive orgies so loud they can deafen other sea animals, awed scientists said Wednesday, calling for preservation of the "spectacle" threatened by overfishing. New lease on life for Vancouver Island sea lion | 209542 hits | 3:23 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
The animal — dubbed Campbell — was found emaciated and dehydrated on a beach near Campbell River, B.C., in October. More than 200 marine creatures, including harbour seals, sea lions, fur seals and sea otters, were rehabilitated at the centre or treated i Rare sighting: Summer tanager migrates wrong way, delighting B.C. bird watchers | 214461 hits | 2:58 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Bird watchers are flocking to British Columbia's Lower Mainland after a wayward summer tanager was spotted pecking at peanuts on a south Vancouver balcony over the weekend. Coyotes attack blind husky, owner fights them off with a bat | 208476 hits | 8:18 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
A Cape Breton man is worried about increasingly aggressive coyotes in the area after a pair of them attacked his blind husky during a routine walk through the neighbourhood. 'It doesn't get any rarer than this': Mistle thrush could be continent's first | 206896 hits | 7:24 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
A "mega-rarity" bird blew into Miramichi over the weekend, and it's attracting bird lovers from Eastern Canada and the U.S. who've never seen one in North America before. The bird is widespread in Europe and has also been found in Iceland. More barred owl sightings in Vancouver bad news for rats and mice | 213050 hits | 9:58 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
A spike in owl sightings in downtown Vancouver could be good news for ridding the city of pesky rodents, a wildlife group says, but there's a downside for the birds. Photos of barred owls sitting outside transit stations and on building awnings have been Santa swap' Rescued deer rides to safety on sled | 208970 hits | 10:35 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Two members of a British Columbia search crew carried out an unusual rescue this week after they received a call about a deer stranded on an ice-covered lake. 'Rocket' the raccoon delays Toronto subway during rush-hour commute | 207418 hits | 10:31 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
A small raccoon wandering the tracks on the Toronto Transit Commission’s Yonge-University subway line caused quite the stir Friday morning when it held up a busy southbound train. B.C. lighthouse keeper learns what not to do in a wolf encounter | 210955 hits | 10:37 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
A lighthouse keeper on the remote northern tip of Vancouver Island has some advice after encountering a wolf lurking in some bushes: don’t run.
“When I started running, I basically told the wolf that I was prey,” Sudbury moose refuses to follow traffic signals, causes road havoc | 212754 hits | 3:30 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
A moose in Sudbury kept police busy on Saturday night as officers took to social media to warn the public about the wandering animal. On Sunday, police posted an update that Martha had spent the night in the area and had since "left the area on her own ac 'Happy ending' for deer rescued off frozen lake after 24-hour stranding | 208519 hits | 3:17 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Kamloops Search and Rescue volunteers rescued a deer that was trapped on a frozen lake in B.C.'s Interior. 'It definitely wouldn’t have made it the night' says rescuer, who said coyotes were circling N.S. man hauls in brilliant blue lobster along southwestern coast | 208545 hits | 6:08 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
A rare bright blue lobster has escaped the cooking pot after a man came across the crustacean while fishing off the Nova Scotia coast. The odds of catching a blue lobster are listed as one in two million, while the chance of finding a white one is one in Opossum breaks into liquor store and gets drunk as a skunk
An opossum that apparently drank bourbon after breaking into a Florida liquor store sobered up at a wildlife rescue centre and was released unharmed. The opossum did not appear to have a hangover.
| 208598 hits | 5:13 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
An opossum that apparently drank bourbon after breaking into a Florida liquor store sobered up at a wildlife rescue centre and was released unharmed. The opossum did not appear to have a hangover. Study sheds light on little-known migration habits of iconic Atlantic puffin | 210373 hits | 10:40 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
A new study released Thursday by a team of international researchers is shedding light on where the iconic birds travel in winter, and how their destination may affect their ultimate survival.More than 100 Norwegian reindeer killed by freight trains in 3 days
A Norwegian reindeer herder says that freight trains have killed more than 100 of the animals on the tracks in three days. Appfjell represents four families in the area with a total of around 2,000 reindeer. He said that in the worst previous 12-month per
| 208381 hits | 1:23 AM on Monday | posted by Hyack
A Norwegian reindeer herder says that freight trains have killed more than 100 of the animals on the tracks in three days. Appfjell represents four families in the area with a total of around 2,000 reindeer. He said that in the worst previous 12-month perBack to Canada News
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