© Lora Denis
Window-strike mortality, black-and-white warbler © normanack CC BY 2.0
I was walking out of the grocery one day while checking my phone when I almost walked into a pair of glass doors. They are quite hard to see when you’re not paying attention. Now, imagine what that glass looks like when heading towards it at speeds much faster than walking. That’s the issue many ...
North Toronto fire, 2008 © Michael CC BY 2.0
Bill 73, Protecting Ontario from Urban Wildfires Act, was introduced to the Ontario legislature in 2025 and marks an important step to raising the profile of urban wildfire risk awareness and action. People working in conservation, landscaping, and gardening groups need to help our neighbours understand the risks of urban wildfires and take the right ...
Black-capped chickadee singing © Ian Lee CC BY 2.0
The first time someone called me a birder, I was startled, not only because I’m completely Blind. I had accumulated bits of knowledge here and there over the years and felt smug when I could identify birds by their songs, but I’d never studied, and it had never even occurred to me to go on ...
May 7, 2026–Teagan Netten
Community Science•Environmental Education•How To•Reptiles and Amphibians•Stewardship and restoration
Following the successful ten-year run of the Ontario Reptile and Amphibian Atlas, Ontario Nature developed a Long-Term Monitoring Protocol (LTMP) to fill important knowledge gaps about Ontario’s common and at-risk snakes. Since 2019, we’ve expanded the LTMP from nine monitoring locations to over 60 sites across the province! We recently published a Story Map where ...
A child observing monarch butterflies, Tommy Thompson Park © Leslie Bol
With National Volunteer Week now underway, it’s an ideal time to reflect on the role people play in protecting Ontario’s biodiversity. Community science is one meaningful way to get involved. And as spring returns to Ontario, pollinators begin to reappear in fields, forests, wetlands, and gardens making them a natural group of species to observe ...
Laurel Creek Conservation Area © Carl Hiebert / Grand River Conservation Authority