Yellow fossilized snakes frozen in time on a cream coloured rock. A swirl of ancient vertabrate in the shape of string that was dropped on the ground.

Wildlife

Wildlife Wednesday: a “slithery” slope — and how fossils are rewriting evolutionary history

Plus: Arctic walnuts from a time long past, how cicada wings are inspiring biomimicry, wild horse digestion and pesticide-tolerant frogs.

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Wildlife

Wildlife Wednesday: loons are suffering as water clarity diminishes

Plus: the elephant seal that keeps coming back, the fox that solved an infection mystery, and the hypersexual zombie cicadas about to emerge from the ground

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A North Atlantic right whale swims alongside a trio of bottlenose dolphins.

Wildlife

Wildlife Wednesday: Shrinking right whales, cicada backing bands and a big catch

Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news

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