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The Prairie’s Rarest Duo
Two Interconnected Grassland Mammals You May Never Have Heard Of Species #1: The Black-tailed Prairie Dog The Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) is so rare in Canada it is only…
Surveying for Monarch Butterflies on Main Duck Island
The end of August and start of September is a time of change. Leaves begin changing colours and temperatures slowly (but surely) begin to lower. It’s also the time when…
Mission Biodiversity – Support Sustainability!
Your Mission, Should You Chose to Accept It… Welcome back to our year-long operation to engage Canadians in supporting wildlife and habitat conservation – Mission Biodiversity! Just in time for…
Monarch on the Prairies?
Many older residents of the Canadian prairies talk of seeing large numbers of Monarch Butterflies flying about in the summer. This is hard to believe, since it is quite uncommon…
We Need You to Raise Your Voice for Canada’s Marine and Freshwater Species
As Rivers to Oceans Week comes to a close tomorrow, we hope you’ve learned how water unites us all. No matter where you live in Canada and what body of…
On the Road Again
Roads are a vital piece of infrastructure. They are necessary for transportation, whether it be personal travel, the shipment of goods, or other reasons. They connect communities, often forming dense…
The prairies are a secret superhero ready and waiting to fight climate change
“…We owe our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact it rains.” This quote, attributed with some doubt to the late Paul Harvey, an American radio farm…
The Prairie Duck Factory
Home on the range, where the … ducks … and the antelope play? In A Sand County Almanac, that classic of natural history published in 1949, Aldo Leopold describes the…
Things are Stacking Up Against the Monarch
The Canadian Wildlife Federation and other conservation groups have been pushing for the Monarch Butterfly to be listed as Endangered, a decision which is expected to come from the Government…
How different animals raise their young
Canadian animals have adapted various ways to ensure the survival of their young in the harsh environments in which they live. From fiercely protective moose cows to nurturing polar bear…