Wildlife

A marine layer hangs in the air as a SeaBus passenger ferry crosses Burrard Inlet, in Vancouver, on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. As temperature records are shattered across southern British Columbia this week amid a scorching heat wave, the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC is sounding the alarm about the ongoing risks to animals. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. wildlife association reports uptick in heat-related calls

Group offers advice as health issues, clashes with people and pets climb with the temperature

A marine layer hangs in the air as a SeaBus passenger ferry crosses Burrard Inlet, in Vancouver, on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. As temperature records are shattered across southern British Columbia this week amid a scorching heat wave, the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC is sounding the alarm about the ongoing risks to animals. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A tarantula is shown in a Canada Border Services Agency handout photo. The agency says officers discovered two live tarantulas hidden inside plastic containers at the Edmonton International Airport earlier this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canada Border Services Agency

Border officers at Edmonton airport seize hidden tarantulas

Border agency says animals were legal to import, but were not being transported humanely

A tarantula is shown in a Canada Border Services Agency handout photo. The agency says officers discovered two live tarantulas hidden inside plastic containers at the Edmonton International Airport earlier this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canada Border Services Agency
Boo enjoyed a fun and engaging treasure hunt at the Grizzly Bear Refuge near Golden. (Nicola Green/Instagram)

Boo the bear works smarter, not harder at Kicking Horse treasure hunt

Treasure hunts are one of the many ways staff at the refuge keep Boo active and engaged

Boo enjoyed a fun and engaging treasure hunt at the Grizzly Bear Refuge near Golden. (Nicola Green/Instagram)
A bear forages near the Donnie Creek wildfire burning north of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada, Sunday, July 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Not just humans dealing with impacts of B.C.’s wildfires

Emergency Management Minister says climate change prolonging life of moths that feed on trees

A bear forages near the Donnie Creek wildfire burning north of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada, Sunday, July 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Cougar on the prowl in Chemainus

A cougar was captured on camera gallivanting down a street in Chemainus…

  • Aug 2, 2023
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FILE - A golden lion tamarin sits in a tree in the Atlantic Forest region of Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Friday, July 8, 2022. There are now more golden lion tamarins bounding among branches of the Brazilian rainforest than any other time since modern conservation efforts to save the species started in the 1970s, a new survey released Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, reveals. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)

Brazil’s endangered golden monkeys have recovered following big population drop from yellow fever

There are now more golden lion tamarins bounding between branches in the…

FILE - A golden lion tamarin sits in a tree in the Atlantic Forest region of Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Friday, July 8, 2022. There are now more golden lion tamarins bounding among branches of the Brazilian rainforest than any other time since modern conservation efforts to save the species started in the 1970s, a new survey released Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, reveals. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)
In this image taken from video provided by the Burbank Police Department, a bear sits in a jacuzzi in the city of Burbank, Calif., on Friday, July 28, 2023. Burbank Police said the officers were responding to a sighting of the bear in the area when they found it enjoying a short dip at the residence in the city’s Paseo Redondo block. The bear afterward climbed over a wall and headed to a tree behind the home, police said in a statement Friday. (Burbank Police Department via AP)

In summer heat, bear spotted in Southern California backyard Jacuzzi

With the summer heat wave in full swing in Southern California, a…

In this image taken from video provided by the Burbank Police Department, a bear sits in a jacuzzi in the city of Burbank, Calif., on Friday, July 28, 2023. Burbank Police said the officers were responding to a sighting of the bear in the area when they found it enjoying a short dip at the residence in the city’s Paseo Redondo block. The bear afterward climbed over a wall and headed to a tree behind the home, police said in a statement Friday. (Burbank Police Department via AP)
A mother seal gives birth at Comox Marina. (Photo by Steven Spence)

Seal gives birth at Vancouver Island marina

Several newborns have come in the past week, according to staff

A mother seal gives birth at Comox Marina. (Photo by Steven Spence)
A marbled murrelet is shown in mid flight over the waters near Mitlenatch Island, B.C., in this undated handout photo. Bird watcher Royann Petrell, a retired University of B.C. assocate professor, is pushing the provincial government to create protected wildlife habitat areas to help sustain the threatened population of the marbled murrelet on Vancouver Island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Deb Freeman

Island professor pushing marbled murrelet old growth habitat protection plan

Scientist wants more data on murrelet nesting grounds in face of continued logging

A marbled murrelet is shown in mid flight over the waters near Mitlenatch Island, B.C., in this undated handout photo. Bird watcher Royann Petrell, a retired University of B.C. assocate professor, is pushing the provincial government to create protected wildlife habitat areas to help sustain the threatened population of the marbled murrelet on Vancouver Island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Deb Freeman
Cougar sightings in Sooke have spiked, prompting conservation officials to warn residents. (Shutterstock.com)

Baby boom brings rise in cougar sightings

Conservation group urges caution in woods this summer

Cougar sightings in Sooke have spiked, prompting conservation officials to warn residents. (Shutterstock.com)
A deep sea octopus. Dr Cherisse Du Preez Ocean Exploration Trust, Northeast Pacific Seamount Expedition Partners

Deep-sea octopus garden nursery discovered beneath B.C. waves

Researchers uncover rare nursery for deep sea octopus brood off the west coast of Vancouver Island

A deep sea octopus. Dr Cherisse Du Preez Ocean Exploration Trust, Northeast Pacific Seamount Expedition Partners
A camera captures the moment a black bear defeats the container securing it to a tree in the woods on southern Vancouver Island. (Rick West/Facebook)

VIDEO: Black bear beats down Malahat tree paparazzi

Camera captures bear rummaging critter cam box in the woods on MÁLEXEȽ (Malahat) First Nation

A camera captures the moment a black bear defeats the container securing it to a tree in the woods on southern Vancouver Island. (Rick West/Facebook)
In this aerial image made from video, a dingo walks on beach on K’gari, formerly known as Fraser Island, Australia, Monday, July 17, 2023. A pack of dingoes drove a woman who was jogging into the surf and attacked her in the latest clash between native dogs and humans on a popular Australian island, sparking new warnings Tuesday to visitors venturing out. (AuBC/CHANNEL 7/CHANNEL 9 via AP)

Dingoes attack a woman jogging on Australian island beach

Pack sends woman to hospital after driving her into the surf on popular sand island

In this aerial image made from video, a dingo walks on beach on K’gari, formerly known as Fraser Island, Australia, Monday, July 17, 2023. A pack of dingoes drove a woman who was jogging into the surf and attacked her in the latest clash between native dogs and humans on a popular Australian island, sparking new warnings Tuesday to visitors venturing out. (AuBC/CHANNEL 7/CHANNEL 9 via AP)
This handout photo issued by British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) shows pilot whales in North Tolsta, on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, Sunday, July 16, 2023. A pod of 55 pilot whales have died after they were found washed ashore on a beach in Scotland in the worst mass whale stranding in the area, marine experts said Monday. Marine rescuers, the coast guard and police were called to Traigh Mhor beach on the Isle of Lewis in northwest Scotland after receiving reports that dozens of the mammals were in difficulty there early Sunday. (Cristina McAvoy/BDMLR via AP)

Pod of 55 pilot whales die after being stranded on a beach in Scotland

Whole pod may have followed a female whale onto the beach when she had problems giving birth

This handout photo issued by British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) shows pilot whales in North Tolsta, on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, Sunday, July 16, 2023. A pod of 55 pilot whales have died after they were found washed ashore on a beach in Scotland in the worst mass whale stranding in the area, marine experts said Monday. Marine rescuers, the coast guard and police were called to Traigh Mhor beach on the Isle of Lewis in northwest Scotland after receiving reports that dozens of the mammals were in difficulty there early Sunday. (Cristina McAvoy/BDMLR via AP)
Baby seal Bertha Island is in care at Marine Mammal Rescue Centre after being plucked from Cattle Point in Oak Bay. (Marine Mammal Rescue Centre photo)

Baby seal Bertha found in Oak Bay and now beefing up in rescue centre

Beaches become seal nurseries each summer, but a pup alone isn’t always in trouble

Baby seal Bertha Island is in care at Marine Mammal Rescue Centre after being plucked from Cattle Point in Oak Bay. (Marine Mammal Rescue Centre photo)
Baby Boo. (instagram.com/khgrizzlybearrefuge)

Celebrating 20 years of Boo at Kicking Horse near Golden

Boo the bear is celebrated during Bear Awarness Days

Baby Boo. (instagram.com/khgrizzlybearrefuge)
A black bear looking at a photographer from a porch in Harrison Hot Springs. (Haslettphoto)

Tree planter airlifted to hospital after bear attack near Tumbler Ridge

Victim airlifted to hospital in Prince George

A black bear looking at a photographer from a porch in Harrison Hot Springs. (Haslettphoto)
Greater Vancouver Zoo is opening a new Wallaby Walkthrough Experience at the Aldergrove facilities on Canada Day. (screengrab)

VIDEO: Stepping into the outback on Canada Day can pay off

B.C. zoo hosts a grand opening for its new Wallaby Walkthrough Experience on July 1

Greater Vancouver Zoo is opening a new Wallaby Walkthrough Experience at the Aldergrove facilities on Canada Day. (screengrab)
Alaina Miller set up a memorial near Thetis Lake Regional Park for a mother bear euthanized by Conservation Officers Friday (June 23) over concerns it posed a public safety risk. A group of neighbours are now calling for changes in the community to prevent another incident like this. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

‘Absolutely devastating’: View Royal teen mourns after mother bear euthanized

Community mourning after bear put down to ‘ensure public safety’

Alaina Miller set up a memorial near Thetis Lake Regional Park for a mother bear euthanized by Conservation Officers Friday (June 23) over concerns it posed a public safety risk. A group of neighbours are now calling for changes in the community to prevent another incident like this. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
Two marmots explore the outdoors on "Invitation" run at Mount Washington on June 28. (Connor McDowell/Comox Valley Record)

VIDEO: ‘Disgustingly cute’ marmots start new life at Mount Washington

Year-old pups join the wild after being born and raised in captivity

Two marmots explore the outdoors on "Invitation" run at Mount Washington on June 28. (Connor McDowell/Comox Valley Record)