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Red Velvet – The Wapiti or North American Elk
July 2, 2024
“Wapiti” and “elk” are two of the names bestowed upon Cervus canadensis, the second largest species in the…
July 2, 2024
“Wapiti” and “elk” are two of the names bestowed upon Cervus canadensis, the second largest species in the…
June 1, 2024
With a scientific name so nice you’ll want to say it twice, north American moose (Alces alces) are…
May 21, 2024
Researched, written, and illustrated by Bria Griffin, Junior Science Communicator Scurrying to and fro amidst the parkland ecosystems…
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.
February 4, 2022
Fiera Biological recently hosted one of North America’s top wildlife trackers, David Moskowitz, to run a two-day field-based…
October 19, 2021
What the Heck is a Hibernaculum? During some fieldwork in northern Alberta, our field team came across an…
June 23, 2017
Using Drones and Remote Sensing Techniques to make Habitat Management Decisions! These days it seems everyone and their…
April 5, 2017
Birding season is coming! This week, I heard my first robin of the season. That bubbly, cheery song,…
December 28, 2016
What a great year 2016 was for Fiera Biological. We landed new clients, formed new working relationships, hired new…