‘Wow factor’: Public website reveals best-yet picture of hundreds of bird migrations
The piercing yellow eyes and deadly hunting skills of the snowy owl awe bird lovers in the U.S. Midwest every
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Feds invests $3.2 million in Indigenous-managed watershed program in northern Canada
The Canadian government will invest $3.2 million in the Seal River Watershed Indigenous Protected Area in the Canadian province of
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Iceland to host international symposium on plastics in Arctic and sub-Arctic
Iceland will host an international symposium on plastics in the Arctic and sub-Arctic this April to share best practices and
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Canada’s Arctic, boreal birds will be big climate change losers
Two-thirds of North America’s birds, or hundreds of species, will be squeezed by shrinking habitats if climate change continues at
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North America’s bird population down three billion since 1970, Arctic breeders hit hard
There are nearly three billion fewer birds in Canada and the United States than there were half a century ago,
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Migratory birds still sighted as far as southern Finland
According to nature conservation organisation Birdlife Finland, small migratory birds from Lapland were observed in the southernmost parts of Finland
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Species of gull facing extinction in Finland
The seagull is often perceived to be a pest. They are loud, invasive, and often try to steal food from
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Abandoned research station in Canada’s High Arctic to be cleaned up
A tiny remote island in Canada’s high Arctic is going to be cleaned of abandoned shacks, fuel drums and debris
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Art exhibit in Alaska connects bird research to backyards
Art and science may seem like very different disciplines. But they converge in a new exhibit in Anchorage, southcentral Alaska
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Report lists hundreds more species as endangered in Finland
A new assessment of the status of Finland’s wildlife has concluded that 420 more species in the country can now
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As habitats shrink, white-tailed eagles congregate near homes in western Finland
White-tailed eagles are gathering near residential areas in groups of 10-15 individuals in the region of Vaasa in western Finland,
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Career criminal was snatching eggs from rare birds around the world – including in Northern Quebec
When U.K. border officials nabbed 56-year-old smuggler Jeffrey Lendrum at Heathrow Airport in June, he was sporting an unseasonably heavy
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Norwegian blogger posts picture online, gets fined for illegal hunting in Northern Canada
A Norwegian travel blogger and social media personality has been fined $1,000 for hunting a ptarmigan out of season in
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Treaty banning dangerous chemicals helped Arctic wildlife, study shows
A new study shows that an international treaty has led to a decrease of some pollutants in Arctic wildlife. It
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Finland: hunting restricted for three duck species, but jackdaws now fair game
Finland’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has banned the hunting of two types of diving duck for the next three
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