For three years, researchers from Montana State University spent their summers collecting bear hair. The samples, collected on both sides of the 50 mile stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway that cuts ...

Bisons' hooves are turning up the soil of Banff National Park to reveal the bones of their ancestors that trod the same land more than 140 years ago, Banff town council heard Monday in an update on ...

Visiting the bison herd in Banff National Park is quite the trek, not a trip meant for the average visitor. But for researchers like Alexander Araujo, it's a worthwhile pilgrimage. A chance to observe ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A study looking at 646 wildlife deaths on railway tracks in Banff and Yoho national parks in Alberta and British Columbia has found that train speed was one of the biggest factors. The research, ...

Around 10 a.m. on a chilly April morning, the parking lot at Johnston Canyon is quiet but starting to fill up. It's a far cry from the busyness of the peak summer season — when the lot could be ...

Wildlife overpasses reduce road mortality for large species, but could they work for small ones like amphibians? A town in ...

CALGARY- It took 33 years, but those driving through Banff National Park can now enjoy safer roads. The Trans-Canada Highway has now been twinned all the way from the park gates to the Alberta-B.C.

The difference from the Banff park gates to the Alberta border near Lake Louise is 14 minutes. That’s what speeding through Banff National Park at 120 km/h buys you — a whopping quarter-hour advantage ...

As part of a growing effort to reduce the stressful effects of pyrotechnics on wildlife and domestic pets, Banff and Canmore are eliminating the loudest fireworks from New Year’s Eve celebrations.