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Alberta government supports grizzly bear monitoring research but stops short of population count | CBC News
38+ min ago (705+ words) The province says it's backing a grizzly bear monitoring research project, but it's not the population count advocates have been calling for. "Alberta’s government remains committed to supporting the sustainable, science-based recovery of grizzly bears," Environment Minister Grant Hunter's office…...
'Grounded' with a broken wing, Stella the kestrel starts her comeback in England
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (525+ words) A small bird of prey that arrived unable to fly is getting another chance at life after receiving emergency treatment in England. A wildlife rescue organization's Instagram update follows Stella the kestrel from her first exam into rehabilitation after she…...
Bomb Fishing Is Wreaking Havoc on Indonesia's Coral Reefs
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (915+ words) Fishers operating off the coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia, are detonating more than 8,000 underwater explosives each year, researchers estimate. The practice is turning picturesque coral reefs to "rubble." Nicknamed the "Amazon of the Seas," the Coral Triangle is the world's most…...
The changing economics of public lands in the USA - Nature Sustainability
18+ min ago (1603+ words) Nature Sustainability (2026) Cite this article Righter, R. W. The Battle over Hetch Hetchy: America’s Most Controversial Dam and the Birth of Modern Environmentalism (Oxford Univ. Press, 2005). Muir, J. The Hetch Hetchy Valley. Sierra Club Bull. 6, 211–222 (1908). Miller, C. The greening of Gifford Pinchot....
Summerland wildlife facility credits beaver habitat for surviving wildfire
38+ min ago (308+ words) Some facilities at the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society still stand after the Bald Range wildfire ravaged much of the Summerland property. IWRS founder Eva Hartmann said the wildlife facility wasn't completely wiped out as she had initially feared. "Our house,…...
Alberta government supports grizzly bear monitoring research but stops short of population count
38+ min ago (741+ words) The province says it's backing a grizzly bear monitoring research project, but it's not the population count advocates have been calling for. "Alberta's government remains committed to supporting the sustainable, science-based recovery of grizzly bears," Environment Minister Grant Hunter's office…...
Young Golden Eagles Leave Their Parents'territory Late
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (1148+ words) Mirage News Experience determines when the birds leave their home range A golden eagle with a GPS tag in Southern Tyrol. - Essential skill for their survival: Young golden eagles in the Alps learn in the first months of their lives…...
Will they or won't they? Shadow and Kaydee the eagles spend time in nest
11+ hour, 29+ min ago (904+ words) It's still early, but Shadow and Kaydee the bald eagles are turning into a regular Ross and Rachel. And just like the TV show, fans are wondering if they're destined to be just friends, or far more. Kaydee followed Shadow…...
My Turn | Silly goose: Time for a new bird treaty
53+ min ago (662+ words) Take your sweet time, geese. We’ll wait. Duck, duck, goose is a childhood game invented in the 1920s. It is typically like musical chairs, where if you are “it,” you go around the circle of kids, tapping each on the shoulder…...
When pandemic traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge fell to levels not seen since the 1950s, San Francisco's white-crowned sparrows quickly began singing more softly — yet in the quieter city their songs could be heard from roughly twice as far away
37+ min ago (663+ words) In the spring of 2020, San Francisco went quiet. The parks were closed, the roads through them empty, and the low mechanical hum that had covered the city for decades drained away. Published August 25, 2026 · How we edit That is the heart…...