Photos by Simone Heinrich Coyote pups are starting to make their annual appearance in Jasper National Park. The pups are venturing out of their dens and beginning to use their eyes, ears and noses to learn about the world around them. An average litter size of six makes for many playmates and there ...

Photos by Simone Heinrich It’s baby time in Jasper—elk calves, moose calves, sheep lambs and goat kids are out as well as goslings, ducklings owlets…and bear cubs. Simone Heinrich photograph Bear cubs are full of energy and can provide some great entertainment when there are safe viewing opportuniti...

Two grizzly bears that had been habituated to using the Jasper townsite have been captured and relocated to a remote part of Jasper National Park. The three-year-old siblings, which were “skinny and food-stressed,” according to Parks Canada human-wildlife conflict specialist Steve Malcolm, were capt...

A beloved wildlife display is looking for a new home. Since its grand opening in 1982, The Whistler Hotel’s Wildlife Museum, affectionately known as The Den, has been helping park visitors, school groups, local staff and residents learn about the western Canadian wilderness. More than 100 taxidermal...

Look who’s up. Bears are being spotted in Jasper a bit earlier than usual this year. Prints have been spotted on the Pyramid Bench. But how do bears know when it’s time to wake up from their long winter’s nap? Unlike teenage humans, it’s not the smell of bacon and eggs that gets those big boys and g...

Photos by Simone Heinrich , Jasper Local wildlife photographer Although it may seem like this pair of bald eagles are pushing the season, showing up to their Medicine Lake home while we are still snowshoeing to Watchtower Canyon and skate skiing down the snow-covered mudflats below their sizeable ne...

After bison, moose are the second-largest naturally occurring land animal in North America. Nice try horses, you’re imported. Unlike other members of the deer family, moose have no white rump patch. They’re brown all over and darker underneath, according to the definitive guide to the Rocky Mountain...

Local photographer Simone Heinrich found this furry friend at Maligne Lake recently. Red foxes are part of the dog family. In the Rockies, red foxes are solitary during late fall and winter, living without dens in home ranges of 3.5-8.5 km-square, according to naturalist Ben Gadd’s Handbook of the C...

Advancements in monitoring technology have improved markedly since caribou were first monitored by VHF (very high frequency) radio in Jasper National Park in the 1970s. Back then, large, clunky radio collars were attached to a handful of animals in a herd. Using VHF receivers, researchers would hike...

Kendra Neef often finds herself exploring little-known corners of Jasper National Park. “I’m always keeping my eye out for cool stuff,” the local wildlife guide and photographer said. On April 15, very soon after the ice came off of Talbot Lake in the east end of Jasper National Park, Neef’s eye spi...