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Algonquin’s Big 5: Meet the Most Captivating Wildlife

April 24, 2025–Jake Zamora

Protected Places•Wild Species

Algonquin Provincial Park © Missy Mandel

There is beauty around every corner of Algonquin Provincial Park. Canada’s first provincial park hosts more than 45 species of mammals, 250 species of birds, and 30 species of reptiles ...

New Hope for a Small but Mighty Minnow in the GTA?

March 28, 2025–Shane Moffatt

Campaigns and advocacy•Habitat•Reduce Your Footprint•Water•Wild Species

Redside dace © rkluzco, iNaturalist CC BY-NC 4.0

The federal government has just announced a crucial habitat protection order for the redside dace, a mighty minnow fighting for survival in and around the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Under ...

Sustainable Building Design Can Stop Millions of Birds Deaths

March 18, 2025–Brendon Samuels

Birds•Reduce Your Footprint•Wild Species

Markers on glass act like a stop sign to let birds know where it isn’t safe to fly © Brendon Samuels

As many as 42 million birds are killed in Canada each year by colliding with glass on buildings. Birds do not understand reflections and fail to detect glass that appears ...

How to Keep Rodenticides Out of the Environment

January 31, 2025–Carly Davenport

Conservation News•Birds•Reduce Your Footprint•Wild Species

The lethal impact of toxic rodenticides reaches far beyond their intended target: rodents. Like other pesticides, scientists are uncovering just how ubiquitous rodenticides are in the environment. The sight of ...

Breaking Boundaries: the Next Generation Engages in Snake Conservation

December 12, 2024–Isabelle Li

Community Science•Reptiles and Amphibians•Wild Species

In June 2024, Ontario Nature joined Field Research in Evolution and Ecology Diversified (FREED) for an immersive five-day event at Queen’s University Biological Station. FREED events provide university students from ...

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