Turns out the chickadee dee dee understands what other critters are say say saying July 14, 2019 Humans and chickadees have something in common: they both understand how other creatures communicate. Researchers at the University of Alberta studied the vocalizations of… Continue Reading
Inheriting a food cache is like “finding a winning lottery ticket” for squirrels March 7, 2019 Have you ever secretly hoped some long-lost relative you’ve never met would pass away and leave you their fortune? For red squirrels, that scenario… Continue Reading
Male squirrels prone to murder offspring of other male squirrels for a second chance at love March 15, 2018 Squirrels seem so innocent. Busy hiding their nuts for winter. Crossing hydro lines with the greatest of ease. Wowing us with their fluffy, fluffy… Continue Reading
(Not so) Nice Rack: Trophy hunting causing smaller horns in bighorn sheep February 1, 2016 Scientists are calling it a human-caused case of artificial evolution as “intense trophy hunting” is wiping out bighorn sheep populations. At least in terms… Continue Reading
Young hot-blooded squirrels grow older, wiser and slow the hell down May 21, 2015 For the past three decades, scientists with the Kluane Red Squirrel Project have been studying the aforementioned “tree-dwelling critters” in the southwest corner of Canada’s Yukon territory. A niche area… Continue Reading
Peregrine egg watch on the Prairies May 5, 2015 The Alberta Conservation Association has once again set up four separate live cams for viewers around the world to keep tabs on three peregrine… Continue Reading
Horny dinosaur used decorative bumps, spikes to attract mates October 29, 2014 Ankylosaurs were the armoured dinosaurs that once teemed in the Gobi Desert in southern Mongolia. And now, researchers have finally identified and named a new… Continue Reading
“Tracking a ghost” or how to observe the elusive wolverine January 2, 2014 Known better from comic books than real-life research, wolverines are among the world’s most mysterious creatures. But scientists in Alberta are managing the heroic feat… Continue Reading
