February 1, 2024
Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) are specially adapted to walk on top of snow with their big, splaying, fur-covered feet that function as snowshoes. The advantage of these specialized feet in catching their preferred prey, the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), is debatable due to the snowshoe hare’s own similar adaptation for floating on the snow.
January 1, 2024
Mountain goats are “white walkers” even when winter isn’t coming. They keep their white coats all year round. At Fiera Biological we study a population of mountain goats in west central Alberta and for part of that study, we are using remote cameras to better understand how predators (and their typical “not mountain goats” prey) use the habitat surrounding the cliff habitat that the goats are using.
March 3, 2022
When most people think of wildlife habitat, what often comes to mind are the particular resource requirements that…
February 11, 2022
February 11 is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a day where we highlight the need…
February 4, 2022
Fiera Biological recently hosted one of North America’s top wildlife trackers, David Moskowitz, to run a two-day field-based…
February 2, 2022
Wetlands perform a wide array of important functions, some highly beneficial from an ecological standpoint, as well as…
January 10, 2022
You have already heard us sing the praises of incorporating natural and semi-natural assets (such as wetlands, trees,…
December 23, 2021
This year we have plenty of high points to celebrate, but we also have had a few low points that stand out, so we thought we’d change things up little and share a few of each in this 2021
December 6, 2021
Invasive species of all types upset the balance of the ecosystem they inhabit, and feral pigs are no exception. Not only do these animals…
October 19, 2021
What the Heck is a Hibernaculum? During some fieldwork in northern Alberta, our field team came across an…