Colette Derworiz

1 week ago | cochranenow.com | Colette Derworiz

RCMP say hikers have been caught in a rock slide in Banff National Park. The nature and number of injuries have not been determined. Police say they were notified around 1:30 p.m. Parks Canada says it and other emergency crews are responding to the site near Bow Glacier Falls, north of Lake Louise on the Icefields Parkway. Temporary road closures are expected on the Icefields Parkway near Bow Lake in order to allow responders to work. Parks Canada asks visitors to avoid the area.

1 month ago | phys.org | Colette Derworiz |Robert Egan

In late 2020, a female coastal wolf collared for a study on predation patterns unexpectedly died in southeastern Alaska. The wolf, No. 202006, was only four years old.

Mar 3, 2025 | phys.org | Colette Derworiz

Researchers at the University of Calgary are suggesting a more comprehensive approach for identifying at-risk wildlife populations—such as caribou—based on individual movement patterns. The paper, published in the journal Biological Conservation, uses a long-term dataset of caribou wearing GPS collars across Western Canada.

Jan 17, 2025 | terradaily.com | Colette Derworiz

Early humans adapted to extreme environments over a million years agoby Colette DerworizCalgary, Canada (SPX) Jan 17, 2025 A long-standing question about when archaic members of the genus Homo adapted to harsh environments such as deserts and rainforests has been answered in a new research paper. The study, published in Nature Communications Earth and Environment, finds it was earlier than originally thought.

Jan 6, 2025 | phys.org | Colette Derworiz

A team at the University of Calgary is making scientific advances in understanding plant adaptation, which could ultimately be used to find ways to make agricultural crops more resilient to heat, drought and climate change.