Wild About Storytelling
To celebrate World Turtle Day, the Canadian Wildlife Federation is pleased to share a new video featuring a legendary story about this amazing reptile. Gatineau-based storyteller Daniel Richer visited the…
Exploring Barriers to Free-flowing Rivers on World Fish Migration Day
May 21 is World Fish Migration Day. The day is celebrated every two years and is intended to raise awareness about the importance of migratory fish and free-flowing rivers. So,…
9 Ways to Protect the Baby Birds on Your Property
Is there anything sweeter than watching baby birds grow up? Hearing them call out for “more worms!!!” from the nest. Watching them fly for the first time. It’s also easy…
Turn Out the Lights
As a crowd gathered in Edison’s Menlo Park, New Jersey to usher in the New Year, they witnessed a historic change. Artificial light. And since 1879, we’ve been on a…
Why Did Health Canada Change Their Mind About Neonics?
As soils warm across the country, Canadian food producers are preparing to plant their crops. But in a spring that seems like any other, one thing about this season should…
How to Take Better Turtle Observations on iNaturalist Canada
iNaturalist is a great platform for recording observations of plants and animals. To date, over 140,000 people in Canada have submitted more than seven million observations to iNaturalist of upwards…
Discovering the Plants and Animals Near You
If you are wondering what plants and animals are natural to your neck of the woods, check out these ideas to give you a hand. They can help supplement what…
A Biodiverse Hotspot: North America’s Great Plains
International Day for Biological Diversity falls on Sunday, May 22, 2022. The United Nations asks us to set this day aside to think about the value nature brings to our…
CWF Certified Gardener Stewards Her Land Based on Research
As a gardener, I want to know how I can be a constructive part of the ecology and not a destructive one. The appearance of a new native species of…
The Connection Between Prairie Pollinators and Climate Change
Often in nature, timing is everything. From Monarch Butterflies migrating to Canada from Mexico just as milkweed is ripe to bison calves being born just as the plains turn green,…
