A respiratory pathogen once thought to only affect sheep and goats has been found in Alaska caribou and moose. The bacterium, called mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, or "Movi," has also been implicated in the death of an emaciated caribou from the Fortymile herd last month.
Michael Soltis’ death is the second fatal bear attack in the Anchorage municipality in two summers.
This most Northerly Bobcat (Lynx rufus) observation in the iNaturalist database marks the leading edge of the northward expansion of this species.
Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae ("Movi") is a respiratory bacterium that can cause disease in susceptible hosts. Previously thought to be host-restricted to sheep and goat species, scientists have identified Movi for the first time in healthy moose and caribou in Alaska; a bison in Montana; mule deer in New Mexico, and diseased white-tailed deer from the upper Midwest.
Adding to the concerns are stories of increasingly aggressive foxes in Marshall and other villages. It appears to be a strong year for the fox population, a state biologist said. Marshall is shooting stray dogs to protect village residents.
A dead hare was observed in Interior Alaska that was infested with a native species of tick. Wildlife officials are asking residents to keep an eye out for ticks on pets and for signs of tick infestation in large mammals, such as hair loss in moose.
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A tick species that was discovered for the first time in the U.S. on a Hunterdon County farm last year has survived the winter.
Biologists flew over southern British Columbia last week to count the number of caribou in the last remaining herd that migrates from B.C. to the U.S. — and what they saw stunned them.
Invasive species are a more important issue as increasingly warm winters and wetter summers help grasslands and forests in the North grow like never before, changing the very fabric of the North’s ecosystem.
Wolverines are thought of as shadowy solitary carnivores, few and far between as they wander B.C.'s
The federal government is spending $5.7 million over three years to eradicate introduced deer on six islands on Haida Gwaii.
A hunter from Fort Resolution, N.W.T., is angered by what he claims is the harassment of caribou hunters by officers from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Muscle tapeworm cysts in caribou meat.
Warmer winter temperatures are bringing Arctic Ground Squirrels out of hibernation
“If black bears are starting to stir, brown bears could be, too,” a state Fish and Game official said.
More than 658,000 reindeer are up for vaccination in order to prevent another outbreak of the deadly bacteria infection.
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