Research News
INDUSTRIAL FISHERIES ARE STARVING SEABIRDS
The world’s industrial fisheries are starving penguins, terns and other species that rely on food from the sea, according to a new study from University of British Columbia researchers. “On top of this, they are threatened by oil pollution, the introduction of non-native predators to their colonies, the destruction and changes to their habitats by human activity, and environmental and ecological changes caused by climate change,” study co-author Deng Palomares said. “If we don’t do anything, seabird populations are going to collapse.” For more, visit news.ubc.ca.
PESTICIDE REGULATIONS NEED TO BEE STRONGER: EXPERTS
Biologists at the University of Guelph are behind several new scientific papers that say current pesticide regulations protect only honeybees; we need stronger ones to protect all bee species. Although they don’t produce honey we can harvest, solitary bees and other species like bumblebees are vital pollinators, they write. For more, visit uoguelph.ca.
MULE DEER RESEARCH IN A LANDSCAPE OF FIRES
Nobody’s totally sure how the raging forest infernos of the last few years will affect the resident deer population. Now, a partnership between the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund and the Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia is funding ongoing research into mule deer in the Okanagan region, a locus of B.C.’S fire season. For more, visit summerlandreview.com.