Wildlife

BC United is pledging funding and restructuring of wildlife management resources ahead of the fall election. (Larry Tooze photo)

BC United pledges millions for wildlife management

Kevin Falcon commits to restructuring government oversight of fish and wildlife management

 

A western painted turtle in Williams Lake suns herself Thursday, May 30. She continues to get better after being run over by a vehicle on May 15. (Megan Taylor photograph)

Car-cracked B.C. western painted turtle on mend in Williams Lake

Scout Island Nature Centre says turtle’s shell stable, recovery expected but it could take time

 

A western painted turtle makes its way off the Scout Island causeway Thursday, May 16 in Williams Lake. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

B.C. painted turtle in hospital after run-in with vehicle in Williams Lake

Scout Island Nature Centre staff hoping turtle can recuperate

 

(Photo courtesy of Grace Luccio)

Zebras gallop through neighborhood in Washington state

It was an unusual wildlife sighting Sunday when four zebras escaped from…

(Photo courtesy of Grace Luccio)
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B.C. woman doesn’t duck responsibilities, helps ducklings waddle across city

North Vancouver woman spends an hour guiding duck family through traffic and across sidewalks

  • May 3, 2024
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Two ducklings rescued from storm drains in Langley by firefighters on April 29. (Township of Langley Fire Department/Special to the Langley Advance Times)

Firefighters rescue ducklings from Langley storm drains

Ducks taken to vet, will now go to wildlife organization

Two ducklings rescued from storm drains in Langley by firefighters on April 29. (Township of Langley Fire Department/Special to the Langley Advance Times)
Research suggests climate change, not habitat loss, may be the biggest threat to the survival of threatened caribou herds. A caribou moves through the Algar region of northeastern Alberta in September 2017 in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-University of British Columbia-Cole Burton

Climate change emerging as biggest caribou threat: study

Habitat loss has long been considered the principle cause for concern

Research suggests climate change, not habitat loss, may be the biggest threat to the survival of threatened caribou herds. A caribou moves through the Algar region of northeastern Alberta in September 2017 in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-University of British Columbia-Cole Burton
A Humpback Whale breaching the surface waters. (Marine Education and Research Society supplied photo)

Sir David Attenborough shines a global spotlight on B.C. humpback whales

On April 21, stunning and inspiring whale footage from MERS will air on BBC Earth

A Humpback Whale breaching the surface waters. (Marine Education and Research Society supplied photo)
Emerson the elephant seal has made his way back to Greater Victoria after a failed relocation effort to take him to a remote beach up-Island. (Mark Page/News Staff)

Emerson’s celebrity grows as the Victoria seal thwarts relocation efforts

Efforts followed harassment reports, including of a child being encouraged to touch noses with the seal

  • Apr 16, 2024
Emerson the elephant seal has made his way back to Greater Victoria after a failed relocation effort to take him to a remote beach up-Island. (Mark Page/News Staff)
A Quebec regional health authority says no residents were impacted after a wild turkey broke in to a long-term care centre south of Quebec City over the weekend. A wild turkey is shown at the Falardeau Zoo and refuge in Saint-David-de-Falardeau, Que., on Friday, April 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Turkey runs wild inside Quebec long-term care home, no one hurt

Turkey eventually left through the window it had broken after staff locked it into empty room

A Quebec regional health authority says no residents were impacted after a wild turkey broke in to a long-term care centre south of Quebec City over the weekend. A wild turkey is shown at the Falardeau Zoo and refuge in Saint-David-de-Falardeau, Que., on Friday, April 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Fatou the gorilla celebrates her 67th birthday at Berlin’s Zoo, Friday April 12, 2024. Berlin’s zoo is celebrating the 67th birthday of Fatou the gorilla, its oldest resident, who it believes is also the oldest gorilla in the world. Fatou was born in 1957 and came to the zoo in what was then West Berlin in 1959. She lives in an enclosure of her own and prefers to keep her distance from the zoo’s other gorillas in her old age. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)

Fatou, believed to be world’s oldest gorilla turns 67 in Berlin zoo

Gorilla lives in an enclosure of her own, prefers to keep her distance from the zoo’s other gorillas

Fatou the gorilla celebrates her 67th birthday at Berlin’s Zoo, Friday April 12, 2024. Berlin’s zoo is celebrating the 67th birthday of Fatou the gorilla, its oldest resident, who it believes is also the oldest gorilla in the world. Fatou was born in 1957 and came to the zoo in what was then West Berlin in 1959. She lives in an enclosure of her own and prefers to keep her distance from the zoo’s other gorillas in her old age. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)
A one-year-old rehabilitated bald eagle from the North Island Recovery Centre flaps its mighty wings as it is released back to the wild. (Michael Briones photo)

Former Calgary zookeeper emotional releasing B.C. eagle back into wild

B.C.’s North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre lets year-old bald eagle go after nursing it to health

A one-year-old rehabilitated bald eagle from the North Island Recovery Centre flaps its mighty wings as it is released back to the wild. (Michael Briones photo)
Emerson, a two-year-old elephant seal, makes his way from the shoreline of the Gorge Waterway into traffic. (Eli Katz/Facebook)

VIDEO: Fisheries relocates famed Vancouver Island elephant seal to remote beach

Dubbed Emerson by locals, the seal repeatedly returns to Greater Victoria

Emerson, a two-year-old elephant seal, makes his way from the shoreline of the Gorge Waterway into traffic. (Eli Katz/Facebook)
(Photo contributed by Jill Hayward)

B.C. First Nation tracking deer stress levels by studying their poop

Kamloops-area Skeetchestn gathering health information in wake of environmental challenges

  • Mar 28, 2024
(Photo contributed by Jill Hayward)
A bee is seen on a flower in downtown Ottawa onTuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. A study suggests climate change will drive a massive shift in the the birds, bugs and other critters that live alongside humans in 60 cities across North America. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Climate driving significant shifts in animal life in B.C. urban backyards

Studies show large expected changes in the birds, bugs and animals in Canada’s cities

A bee is seen on a flower in downtown Ottawa onTuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. A study suggests climate change will drive a massive shift in the the birds, bugs and other critters that live alongside humans in 60 cities across North America. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
A fruit orchard owned by Sandher Fruit Packers sits in Kelowna, British Columbia, on Feb. 8, 2024. The fruit growing company is developing an orchard near a key wildlife corridor that ribbons around the Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park and Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park. (Aaron Hemens/IndigiNews via AP)

Orchard expansion raising concerns about Okanagan wildlife corridor

Fences and agriculture encroaching toward tradition path for elk, deer and other animals

A fruit orchard owned by Sandher Fruit Packers sits in Kelowna, British Columbia, on Feb. 8, 2024. The fruit growing company is developing an orchard near a key wildlife corridor that ribbons around the Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park and Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park. (Aaron Hemens/IndigiNews via AP)
Red panda cubs Maple and Mei Mei have moved to new homes at other Canadian zoos involved in efforts to preserve this endangered species, explained animal care manager Brian Sheehan. The twins were born at the Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove in June of 2022. (Screengrab, Greater Vancouver Zoo/Special to The Star)

VIDEO: Twin red panda cubs move on, new babies expected

Greater Vancouver Zoo continues its efforts to preserve, enhance endangered species

Red panda cubs Maple and Mei Mei have moved to new homes at other Canadian zoos involved in efforts to preserve this endangered species, explained animal care manager Brian Sheehan. The twins were born at the Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove in June of 2022. (Screengrab, Greater Vancouver Zoo/Special to The Star)
Amalea Smithson shoots footage of an eagle struggling to get airborne with a heavy load in its talons on Feb. 21 in the Interurban area of Saanich. (Screengrab)

Bird-eat-bird world: B.C. couple wowed by eagle seen snatching ‘lunch’ in city

Resident captures bird’s slow ascent carrying its catch before ducking out of sight

Amalea Smithson shoots footage of an eagle struggling to get airborne with a heavy load in its talons on Feb. 21 in the Interurban area of Saanich. (Screengrab)
Chilliwack resident Tammy Jordan witnessed a bobcat in a tree being attacked by a cougar on Feb. 16, 2024. Here, the bobcat is seen a few hundred feet in the air at the very top of a tree. (Tammy Jordan)

PHOTOS: B.C. woman witnesses bobcat attacked by cougar in tree

Fight between 2 wild cats went on for more than hour, says Chilliwack resident Tammy Jordan

Chilliwack resident Tammy Jordan witnessed a bobcat in a tree being attacked by a cougar on Feb. 16, 2024. Here, the bobcat is seen a few hundred feet in the air at the very top of a tree. (Tammy Jordan)
A minimum $5 donation to the Red Panda Network earns the contributor a chance to name a cockroach at the Greater Vancouver Zoo after an ex or someone else considered “a bug.” (Screengrab/Special to Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Lower Mainland zoo puts twist on week of love

Naming a cockroach after an ex or anyone considered a bug could earn private red panda visit

A minimum $5 donation to the Red Panda Network earns the contributor a chance to name a cockroach at the Greater Vancouver Zoo after an ex or someone else considered “a bug.” (Screengrab/Special to Langley Advance Times)