A multi-institutional team of animal behaviorists, snow impact specialists and biologists from Alaska, Montana, Switzerland and Canada has found that large numbers of wild mountain goats die every year ...

In the fight to mitigate climate change and deforestation in the tropics, timber plantations have emerged as a promising strategy for reforesting degraded land and connecting patches of natural forest. ...

A small team of environmental scientists affiliated with several institutions in Belgium and Switzerland has found evidence that city-dwelling moths may be evolving smaller wings, possibly due to light ...

Chukars are some of the more unique birds in the Thompson Okanagan region, in both appearance and behaviour, and are often the subject of wildlife photography.The birds have noticeable black bar patterns on their sides, are known to run instead of fly and have a characteristic, cackling call that sounds like kakakaka-chuKAR-chuKAR-chuKAR. Coveys can often be seen running around through the brush on dry, steep hillsides.Avid Kamloops photographer Valerie Walsh loves observing the funny partridges and tries to get photos of them every year.“They have such cute voices when they converse together and their antics are priceless as they interact,” she said. “They chortle and chatter amongst themselves as they are feeding and running, making the tiniest little gurgling sounds, it’s endearing.”Chukars were introduced to BC in the mid-1900s for hunting purposes and are originally from southeastern Europe, northern India, China and Mongolia, according to the University of British Columbia. The birds live in dry, open,…

A new study shows that human hunting and land use have a decisive influence on red deer density in Europe. Red deer density is only reduced when wolves, lynx and bears co-occur at the same site.

Astronomers, using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in China's Guizhou Province, have found an abundance of gas-rich galaxies in the distant universe.

Two recent amphibian-focused studies shed light on the ecological importance of red-backed salamanders, while confirming that proactive measures would prevent costly impacts from a wildlife disease spreading across Europe that has not yet reached North America.

Some 7,700 years ago, these people were using canoes to sail the Mediterranean.

Archaeologists used cameras and drones to fully map 14 massive rock art sites scattered across Venezuela and Colombia.

Rates of violence in Viking Age Norway and Denmark were long believed to be comparable. A team of researchers including University of South Florida sociologist David Jacobson challenges that assumption.

Western Ghats butterfly diversity study reveals distribution, population status, and conservation concerns for endemic and threatened species.

An international team of archaeologists led by Professor Jochem Kahl from Freie Universität Berlin has made an incredible discovery in the necropolis of Asyut, Egypt. Researchers discovered the burial ...