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4 Ways to Help Flying Squirrels
It’s a bird! It’s a drone! No, it’s a flying squirrel! Canada is home to a wide variety of squirrels. You may have seen some of them scurrying along the…
5 Easy Ways to Make Your Backyard Bat-friendly
Did you know that Canada has 19 different kinds of bats? They’re some of nature’s best pest controllers, munching on insects like moths and mosquitoes. Sadly, they’re facing serious challenges…
Seek: A Safe and Fun Way for Kids to Discover the Nature Around Them
If you are looking for a way to get kids outside and interested in the nature around them, then Seek might be for you. This app, recently updated, was created…
5 Ways to Help Great Blue Herons at the Cottage
Canada is home to some incredible wildlife, but few species are as striking as the Great Blue Heron. If you’ve ever spotted one silently stalking the shoreline or taking flight…
Wacky Ways Pollinators Get the Job Done
Meet the Messy, Clumsy and Shockingly Smart Pollinators of the Wild We have thousands of pollinator species, from bees to flies to hummingbirds, to thank for one-third of our food.…
Six Ways to Welcome Owls to Your Backyard
Canada is home to 16 species of owls. Not only are these wide-eyed wonders mesmerizing to watch, they also are also natural pest controllers, preying on rodents, rabbits and insects.…
Energy Can Be Renewable, Grasslands Less So
There once was more than 53 million hectares of natural grasslands in Canada. The plow, roads and cities have reduced this to about 10 million hectares — about an 81…
8 Ways to Have a Green Get Together This Season
The holidays are about living large: lots of fun, food and festivities. Still, you don’t have to turn into an über-consumer. If climate change is on your mind, here are…
What We Want from COP 16: A Call for Global Action on Biodiversity Education
As we approach the crucial discussions at COP 16, the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is calling for a bold and comprehensive global response to the biodiversity crisis, with a particular…
Swimming in Musky Waters: Understanding Musk Turtles
One of the perks of working for the Canadian Wildlife Federation is that you never know what you may stumble upon. This particular story began in 2018. We were in…
