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Ten Years at Ontario Nature

September 2, 2021–Noah Cole

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Campaigns and advocacy

Annual Gathering 2019 field trip © Noah Cole

Over the course of a decade that I have worked at Ontario Nature, there have been too many significant accomplishments to list. However, I am delighted to present some of ...

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Incurable Ranavirus Discovered in Ontario Turtles

May 29, 2018–Ross Bushnell

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Conservation News•Reptiles and Amphibians•Species at Risk

Snapping turtle © Joe Crowley

This spring a snapping turtle found in Hamilton’s Cootes Paradise was confirmed to have been infected with ranavirus. This potentially devastating virus has killed numerous amphibians, but this is the ...

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Time to Ban the Snapping Turtle Hunt

May 27, 2016–Ontario Nature

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Reptiles and Amphibians•Species at Risk

Snapping turtle © James Paterson

Snapping turtles are easy to recognize. They have a spiky tail like a little stegosaurus, and always fascinated me as a child. So I was troubled to learn that anyone ...

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