6 minute read - "Winter Is Here" series continues with the legend of cold climate survivors - Muskox! Ice age survivor - Oomingmak (Inuit for The Bearded One) is living proof of long-term successful adaptation to a narrow niche - the treeless and...
Only animals in the deer (or cervid) family grow antlers. That includes elk, deer, moose and caribou. Animals like Bison, Sheep and Goats are part of a different family and grow horns, not antlers. We’ll tackle that in another video/post! With the exception of...
10 minute Read - Free Protein and Sexual Success : the benefits of infanticide and cannibalism for northern squirrel populations If you’ve spent some time in the Yukon, you’re familiar with the seasonal challenges the territory can throw your way: the wildly varying...
Arctic foxes eat a lot of different stuff. That’s important when you live in the arctic where there’s not always a lot of food. One of their most important food sources are lemmings. But lemming populations cycle up and down over a 3-5 year cycle. Collared Lemmings...
Right place right time! Animal Care Assistant, Bree Parker spends day after day diligently supporting our veterinarian Dr. Maria Hallock in caring for, feeding and ensuring the well-being of our collection of wildlife residents. Equally as important and valuable as...
Did you know you can tell a Dall sheep's age by their horns? There are dark brown grooves on the curl of the horn of a ram that are called anulis. If you count those grooves they will tell you how old he is. Actually, those grooves will tell you how many winters he's...
6 minute read – “Winter Is Here” series begins with the "king of the tundra" – Caribou! Here comes the king of the tundra. Being one of the few animals escaping the mass extinction of species after the last ice age, caribou are royally adapted to life in the North,...
Watson is pretty grown up now at almost 10 months old and has been learning to live the life of a moose. We’re all excited to see Watson continue to grow healthy and strong!
If you read this from anywhere other than North of 60 th , you may ask yourself why do we specify again that winter is here, given that it can – by now – be considered common knowledge that winters in the Yukon last up to 6 months. Well, as a distinctively local...