A parasitic brain worm fatal to moose, elk and caribou has been found in northern Alberta for the first time. Alberta Fish and Wildlife confirmed that meningeal worm — Parelaphostrongylus tenuis (P.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 2009 file photo of a wild caribou. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press - image credit) A new land-use plan that Alberta’s ...

Caribou have been dwindling in Alberta for several decades and some scientists believe they could be gone entirely in 70 years. In the area of the petroleum-rich Athabasca Oil Sands in the northern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alberta wildlife officials have confirmed the presence of a parasitic brain worm in four caribou and a moose in northern Alberta. ...

New research suggests that, in the petroleum-rich Athabaska Oil Sands in northern Alberta, human activity related to oil production and the timber industry could be more important than wolves in the ...