For three years, researchers from Montana State University spent their summers collecting bear hair. The samples, collected on both sides of the 50 mile stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway that cuts ...

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Wildlife overpasses have gained popularity over recent years. You may have even seen images from places like Banff National ...

A decades-old fence that has failed to keep some wildlife off the highway near Banff will get a $26 million upgrade starting this summer to make it tougher for critters to climb over or crawl under.

Bisons' hooves are turning up the soil of Banff National Park to reveal the bones of their ancestors that trod the same land more than 140 years ago, Banff town council heard Monday in an update on ...

Banff National Park is trying a new strategy to keep bears off the highway. The park recently installed five kilometres of electrified wire along fencing on the side of the TransCanada highway, east ...

A study looking at 646 wildlife deaths on railway tracks in Banff and Yoho national parks in Alberta and British Columbia has found that train speed was one of the biggest factors. The research, ...

A video showing a violent encounter between a dog and a deer in Banff National Park has raised concerns about pet control in the wildlife-protected area. The 39-second video was shared to the Banff ...

A Banff National Park camper was injured and taken to hospital Friday after a wolf attacked their tent, in what public officials are calling a rare incident. On early Friday morning, Parks Canada was ...

CALGARY- It took 33 years, but those driving through Banff National Park can now enjoy safer roads. The Trans-Canada Highway has now been twinned all the way from the park gates to the Alberta-B.C.

As part of a growing effort to reduce the stressful effects of pyrotechnics on wildlife and domestic pets, Banff and Canmore are eliminating the loudest fireworks from New Year’s Eve celebrations.

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