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With July nearly finished, freshwater turtles in Canada have finished laying eggs for the year, but they can still encounter ...
In order for a species to be federally protected, a science-based recommendation is needed from the biologists on the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
But in Canada, oil and gas exploration are thriving, causing toxic levels of selenium to reach across the border into Montana via the Kootenai River, the EPA reported last week. Fluker said Canada’s ...
The Canadian government may be shirking its legal responsibility to protect endangered plants and wildlife, a new study suggests. Scientists found that 86 per cent of legally protected species in ...
Among Canada’s thousands of endangered species, there are 113 plants and animals that are right on the edge of extinction in Canada, according to a list compiled by the Wildlife Conservation ...
Moose populations in Canada are “all over the map,” says Fisher, and are dropping in some areas, including neighboring British Columbia. Bears will prey on young caribou, too.
Canada has chosen to reject an agreement to protect 76 endangered plant and animal species from international trade. Documents recently released from the 2013 Convention on International Trade in ...
Endangered lynx makes its first appearance in Vermont in years. Wildlife officials said it was the first confirmed Canada lynx sighting in the state since 2018.
Canadian wildlife at risk of extinction has undergone "staggering" losses over the past 50 years, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) conservation group says. In a report, the charity says that species ...
Vermont Fish and Wildlife has received more than 160 reports of lynx since 2016, but only seven of those sightings were confirmed, with the most recent credible report coming from Jericho in 2018.
The Canada lynx has been on the Vermont endangered species list since 1972 and is a federally threatened species in the U.S. Since they are protected, hunting or trapping lynx is not permitted.