Raising the bar: Recovery ambition for species at risk in Canada and the US
An estimated one million species are at risk of extinction globally. In Canada and the United states, there is legislation…
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Ecology and Evolution: Functional response of wolves to human development across boreal North America
Previous research on how wolves are affected by human development have been limited in scope and location and the results…
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Evidence, values, policy, and the advance of science
Last month a group of scientists published a letter in the journal Science that advocated for trophy hunting, arguing that…
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Research: Trophy hunters pay more to target larger-bodied carnivores
The behaviour of human hunters diverges from other animals. Other predators tend to target vulnerable individuals in prey populations. Human…
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Research: Habitat use by juvenile salmon, other migratory fish, and resident fish species underscores the importance of estuarine habitat mosaics
Pacific salmon, especially Chinook and Chum, reside and feed in estuaries during downstream migrations. But the extent to which they…
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Research: Publication reform to safeguard wildlife from researcher harm
Scientists from Raincoast Conservation Foundation, University of Victoria, Alpha Wildlife Research & Management, and University of Saskatchewan reviewed more than…
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Research: Differentiating between regulation and hunting as conservation interventions
Wildlife conservation literature and public discourse, too often gloss over the important difference between hunting and the regulation of hunting….
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Salmonid species diversity predicts salmon consumption by terrestrial wildlife
Research by scientists at Spirit Bear Research Foundation, Raincoast Conservation Foundation, and the University of Victoria, led by Christina Service,…
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Pacific herring spawn events influence nearshore subtidal and intertidal species
Although we know that herring play a pivotal ecological role in nearshore ecosystems, from a scientific perspective little is known…
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Conservation Letters: The elephant (head) in the room: A critical look at trophy hunting
Writing in the scientific journal, Conservation Letters, an international team of conservation scientists argue that trophy hunting – hunting that…
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Predictions from machine learning ensembles: marine bird distribution and density on Canada’s Pacific coast
In February of 2017, a team of researchers from five research facilities published their findings in Marine Ecology Progress Series:…
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Criteria for a good catch: A conceptual framework to guide sourcing of sustainable salmon fisheries
Researchers from Wild Fish Conservancy, Raincoast Conservation Foundation, and the University of Montana are proposing an alternative framework for certifying…
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Mismeasured mortality: correcting estimates of wolf poaching in the United States
This scientific paper, published in 2017 by the Oxford University Press on behalf of American Society of Mammalogists, was conducted…
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Applied Ecology: Hallmarks of science missing from North American wildlife management
A new study, “Hallmarks of science missing from North American wildlife management”, published by Science Advances , challenges a widespread assumption…
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Political populations of large carnivores
A team led by researchers from the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, the University of Victoria, and Simon Fraser University reviewed the…
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New scientific publication: Intergenerational equity can help to prevent climate change and extinction
The global crises of climate change and extinction imperil all life on Earth, including present and future human generations –…
