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Adaptations to Life in the Ocean
Living in the ocean is quite different to life on land and requires additional features and adaptations to deal with these unique circumstances. Adaptations allow organisms to cope with living…
Love Your Lake is Naturalizing Shorelines
With funding from DFO’s Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnerships Program, shoreline property owners involved in the Love Your Lake program have been naturalizing, or re-planting, their shorelines with native plants. Love…
The Great Canadian Turtle Race has Officially Begun!
I’m thrilled to announce that we have officially launched the Great Canadian Turtle Race! This project will help to conserve the Endangered leatherback sea turtle and to ensure more caring…
Leatherback 101
Scientific name: Dermochelys coriacea The leatherback turtle is dark bluish-black in colour everywhere except for its plastron (bottom shell), which is pinkish-white. The leatherbacks’ carapace (top shell), neck, head, and front…
Give Our Leatherbacks Racing Names for the Great Canadian Turtle Race!
The Great Canadian Turtle Race is just around the corner. The turtles are tagged and ready to race! This October, our leatherbacks will start swimming towards their southern wintering grounds…
Bat contributions to science
Bats are important to us in so many ways. In addition to their critical ecological role as pollinators and insectivores, bats benefit humans in ways that we don’t normally think…
Bat Citizen Science Opportunities
Would you like to be a citizen scientist and report your bat sightings? If so, there are a number of ways for you to get involved! If you live in…
Happy Tree Day!
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago and the next best time is today!” ~ Chinese Proverb This year at CWF, we are starting our Tree…
Conserving the Coastal Tailed Frog
Today we’re happy to be checking in with a researcher that CWF has funded through the Endangered Species Fund. Dr. John Richardson and his team at the University of British…
Oceans Make Humans Happier and Healthier
Recreation can be your gateway to conservation through the Canadian Wildlife Federation and friends. Our interactions with the natural world inspire us to continue exploring and enjoying wildlife and habitat.…
