Decrease in salmon linked to higher stress in bears
Research from the lab of Dr. Judit Smits, an associate member of the Alberta regional CCWHC office, links the decline…
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…
Emergence of a European parasite in Western Canada
A recent publication in Emerging Infectious Diseases reports a European strain of a pathogenic cestode (Echinococcus multilocularis) in a dog…
Summer student experience at the CCWHC
Now entering his third year at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Tony Redford has learned a great deal about…
Biologists track Q-fever in Algonquin Park, Ontario
A bacterium known to cause ‘Q-Fever’ in humans and animals was detected in a high percentage of rodents in Algonquin…
Occurrence of a parasite in urban coyotes in Alberta with potential public health concerns
Echinococcus multilocularis, a parasitic tapeworm that is the causative agent of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis (HAE), a potentially fatal disease in…
Study in Nova Scotia shows that coyotes stay close to people.
The unprecedented attack and killing of a young woman in Cape Breton Highlands National Park by a group of coyotes…
Investigating cause of death to help an endangered species
The Eastern Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus migrans, is a small, carnivorous songbird. The species is native to Eastern North America…
Tracking Deer Across Borders
On June 18th, the CCWHC Western-Northern staff received a call from a Fish & Wildlife Officer out of Brooks, AB;…
A new hookworm in black and grizzly bears in western Canada?
Hookworms are blood-sucking nematodes that live in the small intestine of a wide range of mammals. Species of the genus…