These B.C. wolves figured out how to pull up crab traps to get food
"Some really special things are happening here, and we want to understand more about that. What else is happening on the ground? What else do these wolves have to teach us? And so that's a focus for the next decades as we explore more about wolves here," Artelle said. Read the full CBC article and watch the video.
Researchers find microplastics in the tails of lobsters caught off Nova Scotia
“It's not just that the plastic pollution crisis is outside and … removed from us,” said LeBlanc, an environmental scientist who grew up in Nova Scotia. “It seems like it's moving from the ocean floor to our dinner plates. That adds a whole new layer of urgency.” Read the full St. Albert Gazette article.
BC Residents May Have to Cover a Property Tax Break for Pipelines
“For small towns like ours this will be a big deal,” Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell told The Tyee. Some residents, he said, could see double-digit property tax increases next year to make up for reduced pipeline taxes. Read the full Tyee article.
How salmon respond to closure of salmon farms
“This report is the evidence provided by salmon themselves, across years, regions, and species. These data were scattered, hard to see. Approximately 50% of BC salmon farms have been closed and a repeating pattern is emerging. Wild salmon are talking. This is their story.” Read the full article from Alexandra Morton.
New J pod orca calf spotted in B.C. waters looking 'well integrated': researchers
“J64’s behaviour and “surfacing patterns” showed it may have been attempting to nurse, although the researchers — who are based in Washington state — were not able to confirm if there was milk flowing from its mom, J16.” Read the full CBC article.
Rare 'septopus' believed to have been found on shore of B.C.'s Pender Island
“I could tell from the images — because they were very good images of at least some of the anatomy of the animal — that it wasn't something that was local or at least known to be local,” Cook told CBC’s On The Island. Read the full CBC article.
