Reading Time: 4 minutes Daily delights greeted us – toucans, parrots, butterflies, flowering trees, towering mountains
Tag: Wildlife
Including Indigenous perspectives in conservation planning
Reading Time: 3 minutes How Indigenous and Western knowledge can be equal partners in conservation solutions
How zebra finches choose materials for their nests
Reading Time: 3 minutes U of A scientists find that learning and past success play a role in how birds build their nests
Putting bison back where they belong heals land and people: researchers
Reading Time: 4 minutes Project to rebuild bison herd in Banff National Park shows how ecological restoration offers opportunities for reconciliation and decolonization
Researchers pinpoint where wildlife most likely to be killed by trains
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reducing speed limits outside towns of Banff and Lake Louise could mean fewer fatal collisions, study suggests
Tracking common nighthawks to shed light on declining populations
Reading Time: 3 minutes U of A biologists track the migratory birds over 10,000 km with GPS to study their route – and the cause behind their declining numbers
Eating human food could mean trouble for urban coyotes, study shows
Reading Time: 2 minutes New U of A research illustrates link between anthropogenic diet, human-like gut bacteria and poor health
Do reptiles and amphibians actually hibernate during winter?
Reading Time: 4 minutes They use aquatic and subterranean habitats but they don’t actually hibernate – instead, they go through brumation
Research reveals new clues to hunting habits of elusive falcons
Reading Time: 3 minutes Study conducted at Edmonton grain terminal gives a rare glimpse into urban behaviour of birds of prey that are difficult to observe in the wild
Bird bullies are just protecting their resources
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sometimes we see smaller birds apparently bullying larger birds of prey. How is this possible?