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CARIBOU RESEARCH
In 1922, biologist Olaus Murie entered the Alaskan wilderness to study caribou; his field research later influenced how Mount McKinley National Park managed predators and wildlifeOlaus Murie's early caribou studies provided crucial data for Mount McKinley National Park. His brother Adolph later researched wolves, inf...- In the 1950s, US scientists planned to use nuclear bombs to blast a harbor on the Alaskan coast: Project Chariot, a Cold War scheme to reshape the map with atomic blastsIn 1958, the US proposed Project Chariot to blast a harbor in Alaska. This plan was part of Operation Plowshare, seeking peaceful nuclear e...
- Ancient squirrels ate meat like 'zombies,' and the proof is in the poopFrozen ancient squirrel feces from Canada's Yukon have revealed a lost Ice Age world. These coprolites, dating back up to 700,000 years, co...
- In 2024, a horned dinosaur skull with an extraordinary crown was found in Montana, and it reshaped what scientists knew about prehistoric North AmericaA strange dinosaur skull found in Montana is rewriting dinosaur history. Named Lokiceratops, this horned dinosaur had unique, uneven headge...
- From Ice to Green: How Rising Temperatures Are Reshaping the ArcticThe Arctic is changing. Once a land of snow and ice, it is now turning green. Warmer temperatures are causing plants to grow more. Shrubs a...
- Canada’s anti-Musk pivot hits Starlink’s second-biggest marketOntario Premier Doug Ford scrapped a contract with Elon Musk's Starlink in response to US tariffs, posing a dilemma for Canadians reliant o...
- Gmail is April Fool's Day joke! That's what people thought when Google revolutionised email 20 years agoGoogle co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were known for their April Fool's Day pranks, but in 2004, they unveiled something groundbrea...
- Gmail at 20! Google April Fool's joke that changed global tech historyGmail came equipped with Google's search technology so users could quickly retrieve a tidbit from an old email, photo or other personal inf...
- Polar bears struggling to adapt to longer ice-free Arctic periodsPolar bears in Canada's Hudson Bay risk starvation as climate change lengthens periods without Arctic Sea ice, despite the creatures' willi...
- Seabirds can communicate with each other via sounds across the ocean, says new studyThere has been a lot of research into how seabirds choose their flight paths and find food. They seem to use their sight or sense of smell ...
- Potato lovers don't have to worry: Researchers are trying to produce a climate change-resistant vegetableThe warming temperature can affect the quality of potatoes.
- Fifty years ago, remote Dimapur airstrip gave wings to fledgling Bangladesh Air ForceThe Dimapur base where they were to be trained was a World War II vintage airfield with ramshackle flight control and a short runway, where...
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