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Discovering the World of Animal Tracks
Getting Started Identifying tracks to the species level is much easier if you first look for certain clues. Those clues are not usually found in the track. Only one in…
What is the Right Way to Monitor Right Whales?
The North Atlantic Right Whale is a critically endangered species that finds its way to Atlantic Canadian waters every spring. Described by some as “grotesquely majestic,” the Right Whale is…
The Community Magicians
Dijana is a WILD Outside participant. Volunteers are like magicians. Both have their ways to put a smile on their audience’s faces. Unlike magicians who have visual tricks up their…
WILD Outside Helps Vancouver Participant Grow
WILD Outside participant writes of how she has grown with the program. I feel that WILD Outside is a program that has the ability to help people cope and guide…
Risking Risks
Consider the number 417. On the surface, it may seem unremarkable. It’s even mathematically rather dull — 3 times 139. Meh. But looked at through the lens of carbon concentrations…
Money Talks: Our Wildlife Saves Us Millions of Dollars a Year
Wildlife provides us with many benefits that are crucial to our survival, the environment and economy. Yet, these services can go unnoticed by so many of us. It’s not until…
Do Birds Divorce?
While some birds are the loyal and true blue, unfortunately others don’t make their love last forever. Sometimes they split up. Let’s take a closer look at Canadian birds –…
Government Needs to Define Moderate Living Fishery
In the last half of 2020, several Indigenous communities in the Maritimes exercised their right to fish commercially in support of a moderate livelihood. This right was affirmed by the…
Canadians ‘share their feathers’ in celebration of National Bird Feeding Month
February is National Bird-Feeding Month It is an annual 28 day long celebration, aimed at educating the public on the wild bird feeding and watching hobby. The recognition was created…
Nature in the Frame: Winners of the 2020 Reflections of Nature Photo Club
It has been a stressful year of COVID lockdowns and unprecedented turmoil and upset. People everywhere were looking for ways to cope, de-stress and try to be healthy. In the…
