The vast wilderness of Mammoth Lakes offers the ideal environmental habitat for wild animals. Mammoth Lakes’ stunning natural ...

There are several different types of marmots, but if you spot them in the Thompson-Okanagan, they're most likely to be yellow-bellied marmots. Provincial coordinator for WildSafe B.C., Frank ...

On a sunny day in the summer of 2023, Jessie Everson was sitting in an alpine meadow, sketching marmots. He wasn’t relaxing, though. He was working as a field technician for the Marmot Recovery ...

Cindy Harnett is a Times Colonist reporter focused on health. Cindy is originally from Toronto, where she attended York University and Ryerson University before taking her first newspaper job in ...

Animal physiology is the scientific study of the life-supporting properties, functions and processes of animals or their parts. The discipline covers key homeostatic processes, such as the ...

In April, these early hummers may depend on tree sap from the holes made by Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, comically-named woodpeckers who have been quietly migrating through over the last few weeks ...

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Short-distance migrants: These can include the eastern phoebe, the yellow-bellied sapsucker and the song sparrow. Medium-distance migrants: These are birds that migrate a few hundred miles.

Tower Roosevelt Junction is the quiet corner of Yellowstone National Park and offers exemplary wildlife viewing, stunning ...

Imagine walking through the dense jungle or a quiet hiking trail, only to realize—too late—that you’ve stepped too close to one of the world’s most aggressive snakes. Unlike the more docile species ...