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…
Food conditioned wolf shot in Kananaskis Country, Alberta
Park officials in Kananaskis Country, Alberta were required to euthanize a grey wolf as it had become overly habituated to…
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…
Disease outbreak in Banks Island muskox
An outbreak of erysipelas has killed at least 100 muskox on N.W.T.’s Banks Island. Wildlife officials say preliminary lab results…
Seabirds affected by increasing levels of plastic in the eastern North Pacific ocean
A recent study from a researcher at the University of British Columbia (UBC) has provided evidence that the amount of…
Fishing gear suspected in death of right whale
The decomposed remains of an endangered right whale washed ashore this month near Clam Harbour Beach Provincial Park, on the…
Summer student experience from the Atlantic CCWHC office
I didn’t know quite what to expect volunteering this summer for the CCWHC Atlantic, I was curious as to how…
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…
Encounter of minke whales with fishing gears.
The CCWHC Atlantic Region has dealt with the death of three minke whales around Prince Edward Island already this summer…
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…