How wildlife crossings in Canada are inspiring safer roads for global species

How wildlife crossings in Canada are inspiring safer roads for global species

There once was a stretch of Trans-Canada highway so perilous it was known as “The Meat Maker.” The then-infamous section of road that transects Banff National Park, a breathtaking expanse of mountainous terrain and glacial lakes in the Canadian Rockies, averaged about 100 elk-vehicle collisions each year. In the early 1980s, a simple highway expansion […]

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‘No easy fix’: polar bear capital of the world turns to electric buggies to save the bears

‘No easy fix’: polar bear capital of the world turns to electric buggies to save the bears

When tourists reach the north Canadian community of Churchill they have long been greeted by two sounds: the howling of sub-Arctic winds and the rattle of diesel engines. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of visitors have come to the “polar bear capital of the world”, in the hopes of spotting the predators. They journey […]

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