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Master Impressionists: The Mockingbird
Why do mockingbirds mimic other birds’ songs? To boast? To befuddle? Some scientists think it’s to attract and impress potential mates Each night as daylight transcends into darkness over the…
Warm Welcoming: Spring Arrives to Our Gardens
Increasing the variety of plants in your garden not only enhances its beauty — it also increases crucial habitat for your wild neighbours and guests. The plants you choose for…
Naturally Spectacular: When Nature Makes a Spectacle of Itself
There are phenomena in the realm of birds when nature makes a spectacle of itself. Those moments bring people and communities together. Among the great pleasures in a bird-watcher’s life…
Reflections of Nature: The Best of CWF’s 2019 Photo Contest
Today, wildlife photography is a passion for thousands of Canadians. Whether we are using a handy smartphone or a high-end DSLR with super-duper telephoto, we are pursuing the same thing:…
Bitter Harvest
Among European birds, mechanized olive harvests are a serious threat. They are dying in the thousands The next time you reach for that bottle of olives for your martini or…
Mapping Our Climatic Future
A new University of Winnipeg report has mapped a future of ever-increasing heat waves… unless we curb carbon emissions MAPS TALK. MODERN ONES DESCRIBE TODAY’S realities. Those from ancient eras…
Uprooted: Plant Blindness Is a Dangerous Phenomenon
In our modern world, we have lost the connection between the foods we eat and the crops that provide them. It is called “plant blindness” and it is a dangerous…
The Boreal Forest: Our Secret Weapon to Fight Climate Change
The boreal forest has occasionally been dubbed “the ugly forest.” The cold, needle-leaved antithesis to the fervid exuberance of tropical rainforests. It has often been ignored, too. Today, however, this…
Ixnay On The Nics, Eh?
Is it time for an official Canadian ban on neonicotinoids for their devastating effect on bugs, birds and humans? Most experts say yes. When neonicotinoid insecticides came into wide-spread use…
A Climate of Violence
What caused the little ice age? Many factors of course, but one study suggests that the devastating loss of life wrought by Europeans invading the Americas may have tipped the…
