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April Overall
3 Animals That Walked Alongside the Dinosaurs That Are Still on Earth Today!
Dinosaurs first roamed the Earth 230 million years ago until the jarring extinction event that took them out 164 million years later. This mass extinction event wiped out 75 per…
Are Trees More Beneficial to Wildlife When They’re Dead?
Trees do so much for our planet. They filter water, remove harmful carbon from the atmosphere, shelter and feed wild species, and so much more. Moreover, they can do the…
Good Fences Make Good Neighbours
Want a little more privacy for your backyard? We’ve got you covered! Whether you’ve moved into a new build home or you just want a little more privacy in your…
Rolling in the Deep: Meet 8 Creatures that Live in the Deep Sea
Many of the marine animals we know and love live at the ocean’s surface, however some of the most incredible wild creatures live in the ocean’s deep. And they deserve…
What Does Your Garden Have to Do With the Health of Our Waterways? Everything!
For the last day of Rivers to Oceans Week, we wanted to focus another danger in our water — pesticides! While people have been using pesticides since 1000 B.C. (using…
What is Urban Runoff and Why is it Hurting our Aquatic Wildlife?
Urban runoff is considered one of the largest water pollution challenges for a city, not to mention a main source of toxic chemicals for urban waterways. As rain and snow…
Are Vessels Villains?
From cargo ships to pontoon boats, vessels can pose quite a risk to our marine and freshwater species. Ship strikes, for example, can negatively impact all kinds of whales; many…
Breaking Barriers
Over the years, we have built hundreds of thousands of dams, culverts, levees and road crossings. These human-made barriers are riddled across our waterways. There are more than 40,000 dams…
Open-pen Finfish Aquaculture has got to go
Disease can spread from one species to another relatively easily via open-pen finfish aquaculture (OPFA). Many species of fish, shellfish and seaweed are raised for consumption through aquaculture, but Atlantic…
Plastic is Killing Our Wildlife
Nearly 80 per cent of marine litter is ushered into the sea via wind and runoff — litter from our roadways make its way to our streams and rivers and…
