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Genetic analysis reveals that the calling western toad is a distinct species from other western toads and is found only in Alberta. Photo credit: credit: Jayna Bergman, University of Ottawa

July 7, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up

Sea ice success | All-Canuck toad | Stressed, fry-ed | Tidal beaver | Caribou protection | Boreal lag | Bountiful bugs | July 7, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

photo of tree swallow in flight approaching a nest box. Credit: Photo: Sherri and Brock Fenton

June 23, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up

Heatwave fire | BC whale #s | City coyotes | Shrinking swallows | Elk butts | Old, cold Canada | Sitting fails | June 23, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

Photo: A shared grave of two half-sisters and an unrelated boy buried at the same time whose remains contained plague DNA; credit: Vladimiri Bazaliiskii

June 16, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up

Relocated frogs, snakes | Loaded icebergs | Tofino tsunamis | Ailing bogs | Sick oysters | Kelp loss | Earliest plague | June 16, 2026 | SMCC Heads Up – Embargoed and recently published research with a Canadian focus, curated by SMCC for science journalists. Read more>

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