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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Northern Canadian gov tweaks hunting permit lottery to fix system errors
The Yukon government (northwestern Canada) says its lottery system for hunting permits has been fixed, after problems in 2018. The
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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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No charges against elder in Arctic Canada for killing polar bear and cub
Nunavut’s Department of Environment won’t be charging an elder from Igloolik after he shot and killed a mother polar bear
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Authorities in northwest Russia move to protect wild reindeer
Murmansk regional authorities want a permanent ban on hunting. Wild reindeer on the central and eastern part of the Kola
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Bear ‘invasion’ in Arctic Russia: media too quick to blame climate change, experts say
Photos and videos of the more than fifty polar bears walking around the houses in Belushaya Guba have gone viral
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Russian Arctic town overrun by polar bears
People in Russia’s eastern Arctic are scrambling to come up with a plan to take back their community after it
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Railway linking Barents Sea coast to Arctic Finland not commercially viable, report says
Finnish-Norwegian working group says cargo volumes are too small to justify building a railway from Rovaniemi (Arctic Finland) to Kirkenes
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Canada’s Inuit make voices heard on Arctic shipping routes
For the first time, Inuit communities are making recommendations to the Canadian government about how they want ships to move
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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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Deep snowbanks bode well for Finland’s rare Saimaa seals
The endangered Saimaa seals of eastern Finland may be able to nest this spring without human help. In recent years
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Southern Inuit in Atlantic Canada renew call for hunters to refrain from George River caribou harvest
With animal numbers continuing to plummet, the council representing southern Inuit in the Canadian region of Labrador is continuing its
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Sorry bunny-lovers: snowshoe hares in northwestern Canada eat meat
Snowshoe hares eat meat, and they don’t seem all that picky about what kind of animal it comes from. A
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Northwestern Canada: moose population increasing, but calf numbers low in Kluane National Park
A recent aerial survey shows that moose populations are increasing in Kluane National Park, but something isn’t quite right —
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Relocating bears won’t fix conflicts with humans, say environment officials in northwestern Canada
Relocating problem bears cannot be seen as a solution to Yukon’s rising number of human/bear conflicts, warn conservation officers with
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