How human activities are killing birds in Canada
Recently, researchers in the United States reported that that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.4-3.7 billion birds and 6.9-20.7 billion mammals…
Listeriosis in wild rabbits & hares in Saskatchewan
A bacterium infamous for its association with food borne illness has caused the death of two wild hares and a…
What’s on the menu?: Examining parasites to determine the diet of wolves.
Wolves are the final hosts for many parasites that are transmitted through the food web. Thus, determining the diversity of…
Who put the dead crow in the freezer?
I realized that we might have an unusual viewpoint on roadkill in our house when the neighbors observed, wide-eyed, as…
Antler Asymmetry
Whether sported atop a magnificent buck in rut, or as the perfect complement to a cozy cabin, you have probably…
Early Type E Botulism Activity
Type E Botulism, which has become a more or less annual event on the lower Great Lakes, causing significant avian…
A second Sowerby’s beaked whale stranding in Eastern Canada this summer
In early July, the carcass of a recently dead male Sowerby’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens) was found stranded on l’Île…
Update: West Nile Virus in Ontario
An increased number of telephone reports of dead crows have been received by the CCWHC laboratory in Ontario over the…
Update: West Nile Virus in Saskatchewan and Manitoba
It is that time of the year again! Since mid-July, the CCWHC Western-Northern has diagnosed West Nile virus (WNV) in…
Rangifer Anatomy Project
Caribou and reindeer (Rangifer) are keystone species in the circumpolar north and are critical for the maintenance of healthy northern…