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Could Turtles Live Forever if it Weren’t for Humans?

  • April 13, 2023
  • by April Overall
Retinol. Microneedling. Red light therapy. A nip here. A tuck there. We go above and beyond to keep ourselves looking young. But for turtles, they come by the elixir of…
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3 Animals That Walked Alongside the Dinosaurs That Are Still on Earth Today!

  • July 12, 2022
  • by April Overall
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…
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How Much is That Turtle in the Window?

  • March 8, 2021
  • by David Seburn
A lot of pet stores sell hatchling turtles. Many of those tiny turtles are Red-eared Sliders, named that because they have red stripes along the sides of their heads. Those…
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Thankful for Wildlife in 2020

  • October 8, 2020
  • by Tobi McIntyre
This was an interesting year for Canadians — and the Canadian Wildlife Federation. In March, when our scientists and educators were gearing up to start their summer field season, COVID-19…
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Virtual Road Trip: Birdwatching in Grasslands National Park

  • July 27, 2020
  • by Kailey Setter
Experience the solitude of the wide-open prairies as the wind ripples through a sea of grass beneath the clear blue sky. Welcome to the latest stop on our VIRTUAL cross-Canada…
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Victory for Eastern Ontario’s Freshwater Turtles!

  • June 5, 2020
  • by David Seburn
Over the past three years, the CWF turtle team has documented more than 1,400 dead turtles on roads in eastern Ontario. That is a staggering amount of roadkill, which is…
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How to Avoid Turtles on the Road

  • May 15, 2019
  • by Jerika Bradford
What did the turtle say when she crossed the road? SLOW DOWWWN! There’s nothing worse than driving and seeing a beautiful turtle lying dead on the side of the road.…
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Blanding’s Turtles at different stages of hatching
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Rescued At-Risk Turtle Eggs Are Now Hatching!

  • August 13, 2018
  • by Sarah Coulber
Our Turtle Eggs Are Hatching! This summer, our Conservation Science team has been conducting field work on pollinators, eels, bats and turtles (to name only a few projects!). Added to…
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We’ve Got Turtle Eggs!

  • July 27, 2018
  • by Hannah Delion
Turtles face many threats, including habitat loss, traffic mortality, and nest predation. Many predators, such as raccoons and skunks like nothing more than to feed on some freshly laid turtle…
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Playing on Your Phone Can Help Conserve Wetlands

  • July 10, 2018
  • by David Seburn
You can conserve wetlands. That’s right. I said it. Just to be clear: You can conserve wetlands. Many parts of southern Canada have lost more than half of their historical…
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