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 ...

A new wildlife overpass in Banff is reducing crashes, protecting animals, and making one of North America’s wildest highways ...

The England Lionesses have done the country so proud in Canada that they deserve a holiday – and if a holiday exploring wild places of stunning beauty has any appeal, they are in the right place. I ...

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 ...

Banff National Park is one of Canada’s most iconic outdoor destinations, offering turquoise lakes, dramatic alpine scenery, ...

A decades-old fence that has failed to keep some wildlife off the highway near Banff will get a $26 million upgrade starting this summer to make it tougher for critters to climb over or crawl under.

Banff National Park is trying a new strategy to keep bears off the highway. The park recently installed five kilometres of electrified wire along fencing on the side of the TransCanada highway, east ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...

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.

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 ...