Healthy Wildlife

The blog of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative

Tagged: collaborations

What’s in the coyote’s ears? 0

Alberta

What’s in the coyote’s ears?

Jill Girgulis, a student from Bishop Carroll High School, Calgary tried to answer this question when she took on a 6 weeks research project in Dr. Susan Kutz’s wildlife parasitology laboratory at the University...

Rangifer Anatomy Project 0

Alberta

Rangifer Anatomy Project

Caribou and reindeer (Rangifer) are keystone species in the circumpolar north and are critical for the maintenance of healthy northern ecosystems. Many Arctic communities and indigenous culture continue to depend on caribou and reindeer...

Turtles: the hazards of the nesting season 0

Ontario/Nunavut

Turtles: the hazards of the nesting season

In Ontario, there are 8 species of native turtles: the Midland Painted Turtle, Snapping Turtle, Blanding’s Turtle, Northern Map Turtle, Spotted Turtle, Wood Turtle, Musk Turtle and Spiny Softshell Turtle.  All but the Painted...