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Nature Might Help Kids and New Adults to Ace Their Exams
A little greenery might be the ticket to scoring higher on exams and keep stress at an all-time low Exam season is upon students across the country. College and university…
How Wildlife Reacts to Forest Fires: What You Need to Know
Forest fires are raging across the country. Discover how different animals respond and adapt to these intense blazes. Last summer, wildfires scorched over 18.4 million hectares of land in Canada,…
Certified West Vancouver Garden: Creating Critical Habitat for Wildlife
The West Vancouver Memorial Library’s Community Demonstration Garden has been certified as “Wildlife-friendly Habitat” through CWF’s Garden Habitat Certification program. At the West Vancouver Memorial Library (WVML), we know that…
How Are You Celebrating Oceans Day?
June 8 is Oceans Day, your opportunity to celebrate Canada’s oceans and the life teeming within them. Declared in 1992 at the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Oceans…
How Understanding the Distribution of Fishing Gear Can Help Protect Whales
Entanglement of marine animals in commercial fishing gear is unfortunately not a new problem. It is one of the largest threats to cetaceans around the world. Entanglements happen when fishing…
Celebrating Mothers Under the Waves
How Female Whales Go Above and Beyond for Their Young Mothers have long been regarded as self-sacrificing providers. They nurture their children into adulthood, teaching them the ways of the…
Sowing Seeds of Conservation — Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
Teachers play an integral role in supporting children’s learning, development, and growth. Teachers can also be incredible advocates for nature-based learning, creating transformative opportunities for youth to connect with and…
Measuring the Risk of Vessel Strike to Large Whales in the Gulf of St Lawrence
Around the world, marine vessel traffic has increased considerably from the number of vessels transporting goods, to the connectivity of marine networks between countries. Ships are also getting bigger: the…
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…
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.…
