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060 Tricking bumblebees and a renewed focus on ecological integrity in Canada’s national parks.

Calypso bulbosa var americana, Yoho National Park, British Columbia.

060 Tricking bumblebees and a renewed focus on ecological integrity in Canada’s national parks.

Published May 20, 2018 by Ward Cameron

This week I look at how the Calypso orchid fools bumblebee queens into pollinating it even though it doesn’t offer a nectar reward. I also…

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048 Pikas struggling with warming climates, Neanderthal medicine, and mining gravel river beds

Published October 19, 2017 by Ward Cameron

This week I talk about the tiny pika, one of the most amazing mountain animals and how it is threatened by warming climates. I also…

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045 Wolves help grizzlies by killing elk, the Trans Canada Trail is complete, the Jasper to Columbia Icefields trail falls into limbo, and gold rushes in British Columbia

Published September 28, 2017 by Ward Cameron

In this episode, I look at the possibility that a landscape without wolves might also be a landscape without grizzlies. In addition, Canada’s Great Trail,…

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