Skip to main content

Ontario Nature Blog

Receive email alerts about breaking conservation
and environmental news.

© Lora Denis

Sauble Beach is For the Birds

July 12, 2019–Guest blogger

Categories

Birds•Species at Risk

Piping plover © hjhipster CC CY-NC 2.0

This week’s blog was written and published by Ecojustice. Not long ago we thought the endangered piping plover would never appear in Ontario again. After a nearly 30-year absence, these ...

Read More

Past Seasons

July 5, 2019–Ontario Nature Staff

Categories

ON Nature Magazine

Our magazine ON Nature has been bringing readers closer to nature by exploring Ontario’s natural areas and wildlife and providing insight into environmental issues since 1932. A lot has changed ...

Read More

Don’t Set Them Free!

June 27, 2019–Tanya Pulfer

Categories

Reptiles and Amphibians

Red-eared slider © Peter Ferguson

Tiny and adorable red-eared slider hatchlings are frequently bought as pets and then later released “into the wild” when they out-grow their aquariums, or when their owners tire of them.  ...

Read More

Bird Whispering

June 21, 2019–Guest blogger

Categories

Birds

Indigo bunting © Amy Evanstad CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

I was skeptical when a birding friend said he could call birds in from the forest.  “What are you talking about?”  I told him.  Birds are shy.  If there is ...

Read More

Demystifying Poison Ivy

June 12, 2019–Guest blogger

Categories

Recreation and Events•Wild Species

© Colleen Cirillo

Gardeners beware! Poison ivy was listed among the top 8 most toxic plants in Canadian gardens by The Weather Network. Scientifically known as the Rhus radicans L, this toxic climbing ...

Read More

Stay Connected

Interests