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April Overall
Nature Might Help Kids and New Adults to Ace Their Exams
A little greenery might be the ticket to scoring higher on exams and keep stress at an all-time low Exam season is upon students across the country. College and university…
How Wildlife Reacts to Forest Fires: What You Need to Know
Forest fires are raging across the country. Discover how different animals respond and adapt to these intense blazes. Last summer, wildfires scorched over 18.4 million hectares of land in Canada,…
Happy Canadian Rivers Day!
Today is Canadian Rivers Day, a day celebrated every year on the second Sunday in June. It’s a day to remember the importance of conserving the heritage and health of…
How Are You Celebrating Oceans Day?
June 8 is Oceans Day, your opportunity to celebrate Canada’s oceans and the life teeming within them. Declared in 1992 at the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Oceans…
6 Tips to Keep These Reptiles Safe
Did you know that turtles have been around for over 200 million years? It’s true! But now they’re in trouble. Canada has eight native freshwater turtle species which are all…
4 Foods That Keep Backyard Birds’ Bellies Full
Without Stopping at Your Birdfeeder According to Statistics Canada, 25 per cent of 2017 Canadian households had bird feeders and bird houses in their yard. Is your home one of…
How to Help American Robins
There’s no bigger sign of spring than spotting your first American Robin bobbing along your lawn. These cheerful birds spend the spring and summer months in Canada to breed and…
Surprising Secrets to Monarch Migration
Monarch Butterflies are vital players in our ecosystems, serving as umbrella species whose protection benefits a myriad of other creatures in their habitat. Sadly, their population decline has led to…
How to Help American Red Squirrels
5 Tips to Attract Red Squirrels to Your Backyard The American Red Squirrel. If you don’t know it to see it, you’ll absolutely be familiar with its call. This feisty…
Bees vs. Moths: Which is the Better Pollinator?
This Pollination Powerhouse Might Surprise You! Pollinators are critical. After all a whopping 80 per cent of the world’s plants rely on them! When you think of a pollinator, what’s…
