How to Clean Out a Nest Box
You might be reading this with a call for 15 centimetres of snow in the forecast but winter won’t last forever. Spring is on the horizon. If you forgot to…
The Call of Freedom
How Conductor Harriet Tubman Used the Call of the Barred Owl to Guide Enslaved People to Freedom “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you?” The call of the Barred…
Do Animals Hug?
The Answer is a Bit More Complicated and Nuanced than You Might Think. The benefits of hugging in humans is pretty significant. A simple 20-second hug can release a powerful…
Will This Year See a Drop? Waiting for the Annual Monarch Butterfly Count
Now that we are into the year of 2023, we anxiously await the annual count of the overwintering Monarch Butterfly’s population in Mexico. Historically, the number of hectares of winter…
Reflections of Nature
The desire to capture a moment so it can last for all time must be a fundamental aspect of our nature. As far back as we explore human history, we…
Case Study: Ranchers’ Perspectives on a Successful Grassland Conservation Incentive Program
Cattle ranchers in the Milk River watershed, Saskatchewan, participated in a federally funded program by taking voluntary actions to support rangeland sustainability, habitat conservation and recovery of species at risk.…
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Working on a winter science project not long ago, my team was struggling to find the groups of elk we needed for the study. Elk were around, but well hidden…
Climate Action – Linking Learning to the Global Sustainable Development Goals
Large-scale environmental challenges require us to work together to affect change. That’s why it’s so important for us to learn more about global issues so we can be empowered to…
Biodiversity: How We Can Help the World Reach COP15 Goals
We all know that our biodiversity, or the diversity of life on Earth, is declining. At the COP 15 Biodiversity Conference this December 2022 in Montreal, global leaders adopted a…
The Importance of Protecting Canada’s Biodiversity
It’s not only important to our planet, but to humankind as well When you are someone tuned into conservation issues, there’s a word you’ll no doubt be hearing rather frequently…
