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Three trained dogs in Alberta are sniffing out invasive mussels at boat inspection stations, preventing an ecological disaster that could cost $75 million annually. The labs use their noses to find tiny mussel larvae invisible to human inspectors.
A five-foot-tall whooping crane appeared near Calgary this week, thrilling birdwatchers and marking a major milestone in one of conservation's greatest comebacks. The rare summer sighting shows how a species that nearly vanished in the 1940s is slowly reclaiming its range.