Caribous from the Bathurst herd (named after the herd’s traditional calving grounds in Nunavut) and Porcupine herd (Yukon/Alaska) recorded the longest terrestrial migration at 1,350 km. Caribous typically have the longest migrations out of all land animals, with various herds (Bathurst, Porcupin...
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The thin mucous layer contains a number of single-celled plants and other micro-organisms. When spring meltwater comes into contact with the salty ocean, the micro-organisms are thought to produce essential fatty acids that act as fuel and flight-performance enhancers for the birds’ long mig...
caribou: migrationHerd of caribou (Rangifer tarandus), Northwest Territories, Canada. North and east of the Mackenzie Lowlands and the tree line, the terrain changes to that of the ancient and rocky Precambrian mass known as theCanadian Shield, the western edge of which is straddled by the two...
caribou: migrationHerd of caribou (Rangifer tarandus), Northwest Territories, Canada.(more) Nunavut lies above the northern limit of tree growth, and the timberline—which trends northwest-southeast just within the Northwest Territories and roughly parallels the border with Nunavut—is the traditional ...
although caribou numbers have declined. Coyotes, foxes, and lynx, together with the gophers (Richardson’s ground squirrel), rabbits, and other creatures they prey on, are abundant. Saskatchewan is on the main western flyway of waterfowl, songbirds, hawks, and owls, many of which nest in the...
John valley—which now forms the northern border of Maine—while others made the long trip to Louisiana (where their descendants are called Cajuns). The later French Canadian migration from Quebec province began with the growth of the lumber and textile industries following the American Civil War....
Mainly because Manitoba’s economy faltered in the late 20th century, at least by comparison with the economies of other western Canadian provinces, there has been a steady out-migration of young people and professionals to other provinces—especially the Canadian West. Immigration to the province ...
migration to California of the “Okies,” dispossessed rural people from the Dust Bowl states during the 1930s, accelerated that development and also produced yet another byname for the highway, the “Mother Road,” so called in John Steinbeck’s novel of that migration, The Grapes of Wrath ...
thrive together with agriculture includeprairie dogs,coyotes, prairie chickens, andrattlesnakes. In the northern coniferous forests are foundmoose, woodland caribou, Canadalynx, andgray wolves(timber wolves). The region is not without its share of insect pests, such as thelocustand the tinychigger....