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3 Animals That Walked Alongside the Dinosaurs That Are Still on Earth Today!
Dinosaurs first roamed the Earth 230 million years ago until the jarring extinction event that took them out 164 million years later. This mass extinction event wiped out 75 per…
Are Trees More Beneficial to Wildlife When They’re Dead?
Trees do so much for our planet. They filter water, remove harmful carbon from the atmosphere, shelter and feed wild species, and so much more. Moreover, they can do the…
What’s Your Impact on Canada’s Conservation?
“Go play outside!” You probably heard those words a few times when you were growing up. I certainly did. My parents often told me to “go outside and play,” and…
Getting WILD Outside With CWF’s Turtle Team
On a blustery Saturday afternoon in early May 2022, 10 WILD Outside Ottawa participants came to the Canadian Wildlife Federation headquarters in Kanata and decorated our sidewalks with some amazing…
Lawn options in a wildlife-friendly garden
Many people are thinking about modifying their lawns, to either help pollinators, save grass cutting time or reduce/eliminate the fuel and emissions associated with lawn mowers. But we’ve all got…
Rolling in the Deep: Meet 8 Creatures that Live in the Deep Sea
Many of the marine animals we know and love live at the ocean’s surface, however some of the most incredible wild creatures live in the ocean’s deep. And they deserve…
Swimming While Dead
How can we stop entanglement? Some might say that fisheries have not changed much over the years. Fish harvesters go to sea in their boats, set traps or nets, and…
Why Did the Blanding’s Turtle Cross the Road?
The Blanding’s Turtle is undoubtedly one of our favourite freshwater turtle species. It has often been touted as something of a posterchild for turtle conservation efforts in and around the…
Open-pen Finfish Aquaculture has got to go
Disease can spread from one species to another relatively easily via open-pen finfish aquaculture (OPFA). Many species of fish, shellfish and seaweed are raised for consumption through aquaculture, but Atlantic…
Plastic is Killing Our Wildlife
Nearly 80 per cent of marine litter is ushered into the sea via wind and runoff — litter from our roadways make its way to our streams and rivers and…
