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'I was freaking out': Bear breaks into Metro Vancouver minivan

A minivan was gnawed, scratched and ripped-apart so badly by a bear, a B.C. mother can't get to the driver's seat to see if it the vehicle will still run.

bc.ctvnews.ca

Close-up video of bear munching on takeout in Whistler, B.C., under investigation

Conservation officers are investigating two social media videos of a black bear wandering through Whistler, B.C., and feeding from an open takeout container – both captured at alarmingly close range.

bc.ctvnews.ca

 

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Toxic diets: Canadian orcas face high risks of pollution-related health effects

The accumulation of synthetic pollutants found in the blubber of killer whales is impacting the marine mammals’ health. Urgent action is needed to tackle the issue.

theconversation.com

Polar bears may struggle to produce milk for their cubs as climate change melts sea ice

Climate change has affected food availability for polar bears, which can impact polar bear mothers’ ability to lactate.

theconversation.com

Climate change is affecting bears, and humans need to learn more to avoid conflicts

We need to understand how bears are affected by climate change, and how those stresses might create new risks for humans.

theconversation.com

What Canadians need to know about West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne infection that can be life-threatening

West Nile virus arrived in North America in 1999 and spread across the continent by 2005. Here’s what you need to know about this mosquito-borne pathogen.

theconversation.com

Northern map turtles survive cold winter conditions by staying active under ice

Freshwater turtles in Canada survive the cold, harsh winters by remaining under ice and conserving their energy. Northern map turtles however, move around constantly beneath the ice.

theconversation.com

 

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The Great Cajun Turtle Heist

One family spent years poaching Texas's protected alligator snapping turtles.

www.texasmonthly.com

 

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The Great Cajun Turtle Heist - Longreads

"Alligator snapping turtle populations in Texas were dwindling. One family of smugglers had been poaching them from the state for years."

longreads.com

 

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Canada’s veterinarians are not OK

Everyone knows by now about health-care worker burnout. Nurses fleeing the profession. Doctors retiring early. And the absence of so many of both leaving more crucial work for their increasingly strained colleagues, and the system as a whole. What you may not know, is that things are much the...

thebigstorypodcast.ca

 

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Chewy the alpaca gets taste of adventure before Nanaimo RCMP return missing pet

A family on Vancouver Island is grateful to have their pet back home, after the three-year-old alpaca went on a solo adventure earlier this week.

bc.ctvnews.ca

 

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Lion wanders streets of Italian town after escaping from circus

Residents of Ladispoli, on the coast near Rome, told to stay at home before animal was sedated and captured

www.theguardian.com

Lion captured after escaping from a circus and roaming streets of Italian town

The operation to bring the animal, named Kimba, back into captivity involved Italian police and local volunteers.

www.nbcnews.com

Escaped circus lion roams around Italian town before capture

Video shows the big cat wandering along a residential street before it is captured.

www.bbc.com

 

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Runner comes face-to-face with a bear and her cubs on hiking trail

The runner managed to capture the terrifying moment when an adult brown bear abruptly turned and charged toward her, accompanied by two cubs.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Incredible moment humpback whale gives birth captured for first time

The incredible moment a humpback whale gives birth was captured on camera for the first time - before the pod make a 5,000 mile voyage to their feeding grounds.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Caught on camera: Moose rescued from barbed wire fence in southern Alberta

A southern Alberta man and his son are guaranteed to be on Santa's 'nice' list this year after freeing a young moose that had become tangled in a barbed wire fence.

calgary.ctvnews.ca

Mysterious screams on B.C. island turn out to be from a 'sad' goat, RCMP say

The sound of screams off a ravine prompted a police response on Quadra Island last month, and Mounties say the unusual call didn't involve a person in distress, but rather a 'sad' goat.

bc.ctvnews.ca

 

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Moose fight destroys yard, car in Alaska

Two moose wrought havoc at a home in Homer, Alaska, getting into a bloody fight that caused significant damage to a woman’s front yard and car. Video taken by Holly Keintz on Oct.15 and Oct. 16 shows the moose fighting and the aftermath the following day. Keintz surveys the property damage...

news.yahoo.com

 

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A Hiker and a Terrier Went up a Mountain. The Dog Came Home 72 Days Later.

Rich Moore and his dog Finney disappeared on a hike in Colorado in August. Ten weeks later, crews found the dog alive. Now, friends and family are trying to understand what happened.

www.outsideonline.com

 

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Elusive egg-laying mammal caught on camera for the first time

Rediscovered after 60 years, the funky critter is named for Sir David Attenborough and is one of only five species of monotreme remaining on Earth.

www.popsci.com

Wild bonobos show surprising signs of cooperations between groups

Our close primate relatives' recently observed group efforts give us a more optimistic view of human behavior.

www.popsci.com

Hummingbirds have two creative strategies for flying through tight spaces

Hummingbirds have two creative strategies—"the sideways" and "the bullet."

www.popsci.com

 

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If that asteroid had been 30 seconds late, dinosaurs might rule the world and humans probably wouldn’t exist

Location and timing is everything when it comes to the theory of how dinosaurs went extinct because an asteroid hit Earth.

www.popsci.com

Here’s how hagfish slime gets 10,000 times bigger in 0.4 seconds

Biologists are still trying to work out exactly how hagfish slime works—it’s something of an engineering marvel.

www.popsci.com

Megalodon's warm-blooded relatives are still circling the oceans today

Regional endothermy could help the smalltooth sand tiger shark generate power to hunt.

www.popsci.com

Scientists made a claw machine from a dead spider

Plus the oldest fish alive, talking to both dolphins and aliens, and other weird things we learned this week.

www.popsci.com

 

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North America was once home to some unusual wild monkeys

According to paleontologists, the five-pound monkeys showed up on the continent ‘like a drifting gunslinger in a Western movie.’

www.popsci.com

Endangered sea turtles build hundreds of nests on the Outer Banks

North Carolina's Outer Banks barrier islands saw 459 nests in 2023 including the first loggerhead turtle nest in 11 years.

www.popsci.com

When a Jurassic giant died, predatory dinos probably feasted on the carcass

Scavenging proved to be an evolutionary advantage in one modeling study.

www.popsci.com

 

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Epic battle between octopus and sea lion off Vancouver Island captured on video

The ocean battle lasted five minutes, just 100 metres from shore.

www.timescolonist.com

 

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Australia's Oldest Known Bird Tracks Are 120 Million Years Old

In that age, the continent was attached to Antarctica, but migrating animals still traveled to the polar region for sustenance

www.smithsonianmag.com

An Inside Look at the Effort to Curb Deadly Snakebites in India

With around 58,000 human deaths from snakebites each year in the country, a lot more must be done to save lives

www.smithsonianmag.com

Ancient Whales Were the Biggest and Smallest of Their Kind to Ever Roam the Oceans

New discoveries show how whale diversity exploded after the dinosaurs disappeared

www.smithsonianmag.com

Galápagos Giant Tortoises Are Ecosystem Engineers

A decades-long project shows how the reptiles are changing the island of Española

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

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Do wolves harbor the secret to curing dogs' bowel problems?

Unlike their wolf ancestors, dogs often suffer from inflammatory bowel conditions, a problem not fully resolved by increasing meat intake.

bigthink.com

 

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Comedic critters: Try not to laugh at the winners of the world's funniest wildlife photos | Canada

Here are 16 of the funniest wildlife photos from 2023, according to the The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.

dailyhive.com

 

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Top vets urge dog lovers to stop buying pugs and bulldogs

Pugs are funny and cute, but that is because we have bred them intentionally to have debilitating genetic mutations. Is that ethical?

bigthink.com

 

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16 Top Predators in the Food Chain​

MSN

 

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Leopard Saves Eagle Constricted by Black Mamba

This leopard saves an eagle from being constricted by a black mamba, but it's unclear if it's also looking for a snack.

www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com

 

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Greedy bastard.