Unusual weather causes unusual wildlife behaviour
The new norm for Canadian winter weather seems to be anything but normal, and this can have an effect on…
Skin lesions on smallmouth bass in the Saint Lawrence river, Québec.
Over the years, smallmouth bass have become a very prized trophy amongst recreational fishermen in the Lac St-François area of…
Food safety of hunter-killed wildlife
Late autumn is hunting season with white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk and moose being the species commonly hunted in Canada.…
CCWHC Graduate Student Researches Parasites of Free-Ranging Lemurs in Madagascar.
The 2012 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessment qualified the lemurs of Madagascar as the most…
Beluga whale observed in Montreal: 400km upstream of normal range
The presence of a beluga in the Montreal harbour was finally confirmed by photographic documentation. Several reports of people sighting…
A new lungworm discovered in Northern Canada’s caribou, muskox and moose.
Roundworms of the Family Protostrongylidae (a group of parasitic roundworms) are often capable of causing disease in wild and domestic…
Decline of the George River Caribou Herd.
A survey conducted this summer by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune (MRNF), in partnership with the…
Record High Number of Beluga Calf Mortalities Reported in the St. Lawrence Estuary
Since the beginning of the calving season, a total of 14 dead beluga whale calves have been recovered in the…
The Series Of Peripartum Mortalities Continue in Female St. Lawrence Beluga Whales.
On July 17, 2012, the carcass of an adult female beluga whale was found drifting by the island of “l’Ile…
Sylvain Larrat has completed his residency training program at the CCWHC – Quebec
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Sylvain Larrat has successfully completed a 3 years residency training program in wildlife…