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Category: Wild Species

A Nature’s Viewer Code of Ethics: Do’s and Don’ts

October 14, 2022–Noah Cole

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Advocacy•Environmental Education•Photography•Recreation and Events•Wild Species

Digiscoped Franklin's gull and killdeer © Andy Jones, Cleveland Museum of Natural History CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

There are a few published codes of practices for nature photographers, but here we’ve expanded the code to cover all nature watchers. Like all codes, it offers general guidelines that ...

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Insects: What Are They Good For?

June 10, 2022–Bipin Dhinsa

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Ecology•Ontario Nature•Pollinators•Wild Species

Io moth, Gananoque Lake Nature Reserve © Alice Dabrowski

Do you get this question a lot? I do, so let’s think about how to answer it. Insects don’t have to be of any human value in order for them ...

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Taking Action to Protect Redside Dace

March 3, 2022–Kat Lucas

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Conservation Authorities•Guest Blogger•Stewardship and restoration•Water•Wild Species

Redside dace © Jon Clayton

What’s black and white and red all over? OK, maybe just red on its sides?The redside dace (Clinostomus elongatus)! The redside dace is one of approximately 150 species of fish ...

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Seven Ontario Species at Risk Through the Eyes of an Artist

August 5, 2021–Jennifer Ho

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Species at Risk•Wild Species

Trumpeter Swan © Lisa Vanin

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle Every living being has a story to tell. As an artist ...

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Birds and Plastic Pollution – A Case Study in Toronto

May 6, 2021–Melina Damian

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Birds•Habitat•Reduce Your Footprint•Wild Species

Display of 80 anthropogenic debris pieces found in a single nest © Melina Damian

When you think of a bird’s nest, what’s the first image that comes to mind? Probably a bunch of sticks and leaves bundled together – right? Unfortunately, for birds that ...

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