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A young moose feeding near a housing estate in central Gothenburg, Sweden. ( Pontus Lundahl / PRESSENS BILD / AFP)

Experts to investigate mysterious Swedish moose deaths

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 09:41
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Sweden’s environment department has been forced to act following the deaths of more than 80 wild moose in Blekinge, in

A grizzly bear walks across a road near Mammoth, Wyo., in Yellowstone Park. An elder in Carcross, Yukon, is upset that a blonde grizzly, which was a familiar face along the roadside near the community, was recently shot. (AP Photo)

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Yukon, Canada to review roadside hunting

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 09:29
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The Yukon Government has ordered a public review of the hunting regulations for roadside wildlife. The move is expected to

During the summer months, reindeer forage on the leaves of trees and bushes. (Vesa Toppari / Yle)

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Reindeer slow global warming says study

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 08:58
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According to Professor Lauri Oksanen of the University of Turku, grazing by reindeer keep arctic vegetation in check, thus reducing

The racoon is a non-native species to Sweden. (Sven Hoppe / AP Photo / dpa)

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Concern after wild raccoon spotted in Swedish town

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 09:37
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Game experts here are concerned following the spotting of a raccoon in the wild near Gamleby in Kalmar County. The

Sarah Leo, president of Labrador’s self-governing Inuit region of Nunatsiavut and co-chair of the Ungava Peninsula Caribou Aboriginal Round Table. (Government of Nunatsiavut)

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Inuit and First Nations unite to protect caribou

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, May 27, 2013 at 08:07
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The plight of the George River caribou herd in Canada’s Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador continues to baffle scientists,

Wolves are under threat in Finland. (Yle)

Environment Environment (Finland) Finland

Research shows increased inbreeding in Finnish wolf population

Yle News
Posted: Friday, May 24, 2013 at 10:10
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A doctoral dissertation presented on Friday at Oulu University has found that the Finnish wolf population has been hunted to

James Eetoolook, vice-president of Nunavut Tunngavik, says he doesn't believe a caribou hunting quota system would work on south Baffin, and that the population will recover on its own, as it has in the past. (CBC)

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Hunters not to blame for caribou decline, says Nunavut Inuit organization

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 11:13
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The caribou population of south Baffin Island is not a major concern, according to Nunavut Tunngavik (NTI), the Inuit land

Caribou may be affected by changes in their food sources and migration paths. (The Canadian Press)

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Caribou numbers plummet in Baffin Island, Nunavut: survey

CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 17, 2013 at 08:33
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New results from a caribou survey on south Baffin Island confirm what many have been saying: the animals have largely

By allegedly capturing an Idaho garter snake and transporting it across state lines, a 23-year-old Alaska firefighter violated the federal Lacey Act. And that would prove costly for all involved. Here's what happened. (Aaron Jansen illustration / Alaska Dispatch)

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Snakes in the North: costly for one young Alaskan — and the government

Craig Medred, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 12:07
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Little could former Fairbanks dishwasher Matthew Mayo have guessed that his infatuation with the common garter snake would become a

An Arctic fox hunts in the Norwegian Arctic. (Gregory Tervel, AFP)

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Is mercury harming foxes in the Russian Arctic?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 16:18
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Several studies in recent years have sounded the alarm on rising mercury levels in the Arctic ecosystem. Now scientists have

A sign warning of polar bears outside of Longyearbyen, the main settlement in Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. (John McConnico / AP Photo)

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Arctic Norway needs polar bear spotter

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 14:18
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OSLO, Norway — Do you enjoy the outdoors and have strong vocal cords? If so, Norway might have a summer job

Wild boars are spreading across Sweden since some escaped from captivity in the 1970s. (SVT Bild / Radio Sweden)

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Sweden relaxes rules on wild boar traps

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 11:46
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Wild boars are causing too much damage, says the Swedish government, which has now decided to allow people to use

A baby Musk Oxen, born at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. (Doug Lindstrand, Alaska Dispatch)

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Photos: Musk Ox calves in Alaska

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 16:05
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Cute Arctic animal alert! Eye on the Arctic partner Alaska Dispatch published a photo gallery on Monday about the birth