© Lora Denis
Fireflies and star trails © Mike Lewinski CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
I remember the first time I saw a firefly, on a lonely Ohio road one summer night. I was about eight years old, and I’d read about them, but I never saw any where I grew up in suburban Ontario until about five years ago when I stumbled upon a cluster of them near my ...
Piping plover and chick © Ian K. Barker
The Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas is an ambitious project that maps the breeding distribution of birds in Ontario. This knowledge will help improve conservation initiatives to protect Ontario’s breeding birds and their habitat. The only caveat is that there are not enough researchers to cover the entire province. However, through community science, the atlas has ...
Black-throated green warbler © Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren CC BY 2.0
Have you noticed how birds’ songs or the sound of a gentle stream can instantly calm your mind? Our surroundings are constantly disturbed by an infinite number of vibrations, creating a symphony that affects us in ways that we might not even realize. Vibrations perturb air particles, causing sound waves. Since our bodies are primarily ...
August 7, 2024–Ontario Nature Staff
Jefferson salamander © Scott Gillingwater
Ontario Nature has previously documented and advocated against the extensive changes to the Endangered Species Act (the Act) and its impact on Ontario’s most vulnerable species, and has asked members and supporters to sign now completed Action Alerts. It can be difficult to keep track of all these regulatory changes that weaken protections for species ...
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid ovisacs © Stephanie Muckle
Harold Mitchell Nature Reserve, located in the Niagara Region, is a stunning mature forest containing red maple-hemlock swamp. Eastern hemlock on the property shades the forest floor and the nature reserve’s many vernal pools, providing temperature regulating services, shelter and habitat important to many plants and animals. The hemlock trees here are one of the ...
Laurel Creek Conservation Area © Carl Hiebert / Grand River Conservation Authority