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One smart chicken: Gabriola hen sets world record in recognizing visual cues

One smart chicken: Gabriola hen sets world record in recognizing visual cues

Lacey, a Hyline chicken, had to identify specific letters, numbers and colours by pecking on the right ones over a 60-second span
Take a photo of СÀ¶ÊÓƵ wildlife. Win a prize from the SPCA

Take a photo of СÀ¶ÊÓƵ wildlife. Win a prize from the SPCA

Photographers, ages 14 and up, can take part in the 16th annual Wildlife-in-Focus contest that opened July 2, 2024.
60 captive-bred Vancouver Island marmots to be released

60 captive-bred Vancouver Island marmots to be released

Big hopes ride on the tiny backs of young marmots as researchers try to rebuild the fragile population of one of the world’s most endangered mammals.
СÀ¶ÊÓƵ rescue group sees alarming surge in wildlife severely injured by discarded fishing gear

СÀ¶ÊÓƵ rescue group sees alarming surge in wildlife severely injured by discarded fishing gear

The Wildlife Rescue Association of СÀ¶ÊÓƵ is asking the public to be aware of litter this outdoor season.

Underwater gardeners work to restore СÀ¶ÊÓƵ's majestic kelp forests

In the chilly waters of Vancouver Island's Barkley Sound, gardeners are at work on the sea floor.
Don't travel with firewood: Another bad bug on СÀ¶ÊÓƵ's hit list

Don't travel with firewood: Another bad bug on СÀ¶ÊÓƵ's hit list

Moving firewood between regions can spread the range of not only the emerald ash borer but other destructive pests.
Bear claws senior in West Vancouver

Bear claws senior in West Vancouver

Conservation officers say the woman and the bear likely startled each other in an incident that left the senior with minor injuries
Richmond-based rescue explores innovative homes for unwanted rabbits

Richmond-based rescue explores innovative homes for unwanted rabbits

Rabbitats is looking into providing outdoor enclosures for stratas, organizations and farms.
Once thought too cold for the marsupials, Montreal home to growing number of opossums

Once thought too cold for the marsupials, Montreal home to growing number of opossums

MONTREAL — One evening last fall, Robert Carrière was putting away some gardening tools when he saw something scurry out from under the shed. At first, he thought it was a big rat. Then he thought maybe a muskrat.
Lulu the ‘miracle’ dog found but sadly died just hours later

Lulu the ‘miracle’ dog found but sadly died just hours later

Lulu, the missing hairless Chinese crested dog wearing rainbow pajamas, whose story gripped a community, succumbed to dehydration and hypothermia just hours after being rescued.
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