More producer input into wildlife damage sought
AIRDRIE, Alta. — An Alberta wildlife damages survey deadline has been extended to March 31. Alberta Beef Producers is working with the Miistakis Institute at Mount Royal University in Calgary to gain a...
View ArticleResearch reveals strong memory in hummingbirds
A hummingbird’s brain is 7,000 times smaller than that of a human, but the tiny, mighty bird can memorize flower locations, encode geometry and track the passage of time. Many humans can’t do as well....
View ArticleAsk BirdGenie app who sings that song
When birder Charlotte Wasylik walks out of her house near Vermilion, Alta., she can identify almost all of the birds singing, squawking and tweeting around the farm. However, non-birders can only wish...
View ArticleGroups want return of wild buffalo
It is said that buffalo herds on North America’s Great Plains were once so large that it could take seven hours for one of them to pass. Today there are about 20,000 wild buffalo, but a multi-nation...
View ArticleWolf culling test in Sask. produces few results
About six weeks are left in a wolf pilot project in northeastern Saskatchewan to determine if culling will reduce livestock losses. So far, the results aren’t positive. “Some of the objectives are to...
View ArticlePower lines form ‘gauntlet’ for birds: biologist
Bird watchers flock to Frank Lake to observe some of the 194 different birds species that have been identified there. The lake, six kilometres east of High River, Alta., is one of the 597 designated...
View ArticleListening to rhythms of the Earth
An Alberta researcher is listening for climate change. However, instead of standing beside a field in the hopes of seeing and hearing a bird, Erin Bayne has mounted hundreds of computerized microphones...
View ArticleRanchers worry about returning bison to Banff
LETHBRIDGE — A plan to release bison into Banff National Park next year has beef producers worried the great beasts could roam further than the park gates. Thirty to 50 Plains bison from Elk Island...
View ArticleOttawa research farm under threat
OTTAWA — Ottawa author Richard Hinchcliff has been a friend of his city’s Central Experimental Farm for most of his adult life. “The crop research done there is important right across the country,” he...
View ArticleB.C. Livestock Protection Program praised
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The Livestock Protection Program that the British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association launched last spring has the support of the province’s ranchers. “It’s a good program and a...
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