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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…
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…
Wild species’ survival should shape National Biodiversity Strategy
This opinion piece first appeared in the Hill Times on March 28, 2024 Long before settlers arrived on Atlantic and Pacific shores, Indigenous people stewarded wildlife for diversity and abundance.…
National Wildlife Week: Exploring Habitats
It’s National Wildlife Week, share your wildlife wonders with us and explore the Canadian habitats. National Wildlife Week (April 7 -13, 2024) dates back to 1947 when Canadian Parliament officially…
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…
Five Options for Alternative Composting
This could equally be called “How To Compost When You Can’t”, which is the situation I’m in right now. I’ve been fortunate to have often lived somewhere with a garden.…
A Rare and Extraordinary Sighting of a Grey Whale in the Atlantic
On March 1, 2024, a group of scientists from the New England Aquarium came across an unusual sighting. During a routine aerial surveillance flight of Massachusetts’ coastal waters they saw…
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…
