Officials monitoring avian flu in mammals in the Canadian Arctic
By Samuel Wat Nunavut government says it relies on info from local hunters Wildlife officials tracking the spread of bird
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Fossils found in northwestern Canada help scientists retrace steps of ancient hyena
A pair of fossilized teeth found near Old Crow, Yukon (northwestern Canada), in the 1970s sheds new light on the
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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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Finland’s wolf population has exploded… but winter is coming
Finland’s wolf population may have spiked by as much as 50 percent since last spring, according to the Natural Resources
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Climate change threatens Arctic fox’s future in Nordic nations
Despite being legally protected from hunting and persecution for several decades, the adult population of the Arctic fox in the
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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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Scientists puzzled by right whale’s appearance off Iceland
While it has happened before, seeing an Atlantic right whale swimming in waters off of Iceland is still rare. But
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Beluga tour operators in Northern Canada decry new rules protecting marine mammals
Tour operators in the northern town of Churchill, in the Canadian province of Manitoba, say new government rules to protect
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Which marine mammal is most vulnerable to Arctic vessels?
As the open-water season becomes longer in the Arctic, little is known about how increasing vessel traffic affects marine mammals,
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World maritime body approves first Arctic ship routing measures
The International Maritime Organization approved on Friday the first internationally recognized ship routing measures designed jointly by Russia and the
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