Badgers have been expanding their hunting grounds in the capital region within recent years — feasting on a growing number of city-dwelling pocket gophers, says Colleen Cassady St. Clair, a conservation biologist at the University of Alberta. Pocket gophers — tiny mole-like rodents that spend most of their lives tunneling underground devouring roots and crops — are a major food group for badgers. "Even if you've not seen a pocket gopher, you've likely seen where a pocket gopher has been," Cassady St. Clair said in an interview Wednesday with CBC Radio's Edmonton AM. "It's a rare sighting and kind of an exciting one," Cassady St. Clair said. The badger was among the most surprising things researchers have spotted so far, Cassady St. Clair said.

Source: CBC News June 10, 2020 18:00 UTC