Ontario Nature Blog

Nestled in the urban landscape of Durham Region, along the shores of Lake Ontario, lies a remarkable treasure: Thickson’s Woods Nature Reserve. Spanning 10.8 hectares, this transit accessible green space, vital migratory stopover for birds, and haven for biodiversity, has officially become Ontario Nature’s 27th nature reserve. After decades of dedicated stewardship and protected by ...

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As Ontario Nature looks ahead to the next five years and approaches its centennial anniversary, we wanted to ensure that our future direction reflects the voices and perspectives of the people who make our organization what it is today.  To help guide this process, Ontario Nature worked with The Community Company to develop a strategic ...

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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 ...

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Rabbits and hares are often overlooked, even though they are a crucial part of our ecosystems serving as a key food source for many species and even an indicator of climate change. “Poor rabbits. It’s the exact reason I started rehabbing them, because I felt sorry for them,” says Tallulah, founder of My Wildlife Rescue, ...

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At a friend’s cottage I recently uncovered a copy of The Reptiles of Ontario published in 1939 by the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology. It’s an artifact that thrills with the mention of the extraordinary nature once found near human settlement. It says that, in 1877, a timber rattlesnake, a species now extirpated from Ontario, ...

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