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Feathered Allies: The Invaluable Benefits of Birds
Can you imagine a world without birds? Birds are so much more than beautiful creatures fluttering in the skies, they are our allies. Birds play a crucial role in maintaining…
Smaller North Atlantic Right Whale Females Struggle to Give Birth
In nature, body size plays an important role in different life stages, such as growth and reproduction and can impact species recovery. A smaller body size compared to the full…
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…
Living Legends
6 of Canada’s Longest-living Animals Diet, meditation, exercise, there are plenty of tips out there for how we can live longer, healthier lives. You might not see them practicing yoga…
Sleep, Creep, Leap into Helping Species at Risk
Canadian Wildlife Federation’s teams across the country are getting ready for a fruitful spring and summer in the field. I can’t help but think about how our ground-breaking work is…
A Critical Drop: Why a Tri-National Commitment is Vital to Monarch Butterfly Recovery
This is part one of a three-part series on the Monarch Butterfly Recovery written by the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s Senior Terrestrial Biologist Carolyn Callaghan. As I write this blog, I…
Nuthatch Haven: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Backyard Paradise for These Charming Acrobats
Cultivate an oasis with the right plants, cozy shelter, good food and more Nuthatches are beautiful birds that are fun to watch year-round! In Canada, the most common backyard nuthatch…
The Impact of Wind Energy on Bat Species in Canada and Possible Mitigation Strategies
Bats are excellent for mosquito and pest control, and during the buggy summer months, we want to keep them around as much as possible. Unfortunately, bats face many challenges. The…
Do Animals Bicker?
Yup! Over everything from how to parent to who should eat first. Politics. Religion. For some reason all sorts of divisive topics of conversation get brought up at holiday dinners…
How Climate Change is Impacting the Migratory Behaviour of Arctic Whales
It’s not just Polar Bears being impacted by climate change Climate change is driving up temperatures in the Arctic at three times the global annual average. There are numerous affects…
