Environment
When the only habitat left is in isolated patches, plants might need a little help spreading their seeds – but concerns about ecological integrity are holding us back
Wildlife
How scientists, volunteers, and incarcerated women are finding hope and metamorphosis through supporting a struggling butterfly
Environment
Six new mini forests were planted in cities across Canada in 2023 as part of a national pilot project to combat biodiversity loss and create new green spaces in urban areas — and the work is just beginning
Environment
The student-led Ravine Stewardship Team at Toronto French School is providing local acorns to neighbours and nurseries to increase the city’s native tree canopy
Wildlife
The debut campaign launched by the Canadian Conservation Photographers Collective brings awareness to threats to wildlife from roads, railway transit, ocean transportation and air traffic
Environment
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As I think about all that we managed to pack into those 10 days, the memories that stand out all share a common thread: North Beach
Environment
We are the ocean, yet we know not who we are, so we went to people who did
Environment
This experience was key to developing our understanding of what citizen science is
Environment
Bridging the gap between conservation and culture
Wildlife
In the field with researchers and volunteers scrambling to save Canada’s most endangered mammal
People & Culture
Indigenous knowledge allowed ecosystems to thrive for millennia — and now it’s finally being recognized as integral in solving the world’s biodiversity crisis. What part did it play in COP15?
Wildlife
En comprenant pourquoi les animaux se comportent comme ils le font, nous pouvons mieux les protéger tout en sensibilisant les gens à leur statut précaire
Wildlife
By understanding why animals do what they do, we can better protect them while making people care
People & Culture
The CEO of the Toronto Zoo and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society talks about the newborn red panda cub and how a single animal can make a difference
People & Culture
The Canadian woman who was first in the world to study giraffes in the wild — and is still considered one of the planet’s foremost experts on the species — is only now getting her due
People & Culture
The story of a biologist’s lifelong study of an endangered species — and its future
People & Culture
Sharkwater Extinction, the final documentary from Canadian filmmaker and activist Rob Stewart, is now screening across Canada
People & Culture
As Arctic sea ice vanishes, new measures are needed to protect marine wildlife from increased ship traffic
Science & Tech
Visitors can “swim” under the Salish Sea with holographic orca and learn about the noise pollution threatening the health of these endangered cetaceans
Environment
In February 2021, the world was introduced to Mutehekau Shipu — also known as the Magpie River — when the people of Ekuanitshit, Que. and the regional municipality made a joint declaration granting the river legal personhood and rights. The declaration carries broad implications for the fight to protect nature across Canada and around the world.
Environment
The new executive director of the David Suzuki Foundation discusses her viral moment as a young environmental activist and the link between language and stewardship of the land
Environment
Indigenous conservationists are listening in to track the impacts of climate change on the boreal forest
Environment
One of the most complex challenges for nature conservation comes from a simple question: what must we save?
Environment
As interest in Ontario’s mineral-rich Ring of Fire region grows, caribou face threats on multiple fronts. New research could help chart a path to their conservation.
Environment
By protecting the Muskwa-Kechika, a vast, wild region of mountains, glaciers, and boreal forest in north-central B.C., we can create a climate refuge for vulnerable species
Environment
Decisions around where to establish new protected areas in Canada should consider wildlife and ecosystem health first
Wildlife
Environmental groups frustrated by lack of action on the part of the provinces
Wildlife
The South Selkirk mountain caribou herd currently numbers just 11 animals
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
Wildlife
On New Brunswick’s Machias Seal Island, predatory gulls are pushing endangered Arctic tern colonies to the brink, creating a dilemma for wildlife managers
Wildlife
Study finds birds near noisy sites are stressed out and struggling to adapt
Wildlife
No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange
Environment
The discovery of the 150-year-old Ts’msyen and Coast Salish garden sites — and their still-booming biodiversity — could provide fresh inspiration for both land management and food security solutions
Travel
When a significant portion of B.C.’s Princess Louisa Inlet went up for sale this spring, donors raised the $3 million needed to purchase it in just three months
Environment
A controversial proposal to reopen the seal hunt in B.C. might boost numbers of chinook salmon, but at the expense of other marine mammals, says a UBC professor
Environment
The people and landscapes of Haida Gwaii opened my eyes to the fact that we all rely on the ocean
Wildlife
Disease has appeared for the first time in Manitoba, Minnesota and Wyoming
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Collaborative research is uncovering the secrets of coastal seagrass beds to help keep them healthy
Science & Tech
As its one-year anniversary approaches, the cryobank at the Canadian Museum of Nature is ready to grow its collection of plant and animal tissues
Wildlife
The prairie bird has come close to extinction in Canada, but a captive breeding and reintroduction program is helping to halt its decline
Environment
As time runs out for Canada to meet its 2020 conservation targets, a new study aims to help governments and the public identify priority areas for protection
Wildlife
The innovative structures are heralded for having opened migration corridors and saved countless animals from vehicle collisions
The strange way scientists are trying to save snakes in southwestern Ontario
02Tiny plant and animal species raise big questions for conservation biologists
03How cattle ranching can help preserve species at risk in Canada’s grasslands
04Every turtle species in Canada is now at some level of risk
Environment
Bioethicist and conservationist Kerry Bowman on the 2020 Amazonian forest fires — as bad, or worse than 2019's — and why Canadians should be very concerned
Environment
Only a third of the world’s rivers longer than 1,000 kilometres remain free-flowing. In North America, 70 per cent of those are in Canada. Meet some of the people who want to keep it that way
Wildlife
Grizzlies, monarch butterflies and other keystone species could be at risk
Environment
Herb Norwegian, Grand Chief of the Dehcho First Nations, is the recipient of this year’s Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize
Environment
The UN Climate Change Conference taking place now in Glasgow might be the planet’s last best chance to prevent a climate and biodiversity catastrophe, according to one of the world’s foremost conservationists
Exploration
Meet Neha Acharya-Patel, the first Canadian recipient of the prestigious Rolex scholarship from the Our World Underwater Scholarship Society
Environment
Schindler conducted numerous groundbreaking studies during his career in efforts to protect freshwater around the world
Environment
The planet is in the midst of drastic biodiversity loss that some experts think may be the next great species die-off. How did we get here and what can be done about it?
Environment
Wayne Sawchuk's latest book recounts his transformation from a logger and trapper into an ardent conservationist
Environment
Mark Angelo, founder of BC Rivers Day and World Rivers Day, shares insights on his love of rivers, his forthcoming film and what can be done to protect the planet’s waterways
Environment
Groups agree to plan to conserve the High Arctic Basin, while Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area becomes official
Environment
Oil and gas extraction, mining, dumping among prohibited activities in ecologically sensitive areas set aside for conservation
Environment
A pioneering deep-sea explorer shares thoughts on the nature and meaning of water
Environment
In a declaration released in advance of this weekend’s G7 summit, more than 40 environmental groups have challenged Canada to achieve zero plastic waste by 2025
Environment
These finalists in the 57th annual Canada-Wide Science Fair prove the future is in good hands
Environment
An ambitious legacy project called the Queen's Commonwealth Canopy unites forest conservation projects in the Commonwealth countries
Environment
To many, the Yukon appears to be the vanguard of a growing Indigenous land power movement in Canada centred mostly in the North
Environment
Recent challenges to evidence-based policy in Canada and the United States highlight a need for more transparency and advocacy for government scientists, study authors say
Environment
Uninterrupted, a digital art installation planned for Vancouver's Cambie Street Bridge, hopes to inspire conservation efforts
Environment
A new report from the Boreal Songbird Initiative calls for enhanced protection of wetlands within Canada's boreal forest
Environment
New data could help coordinate conservation efforts across three countries
Environment
In a nation of forests, these trees stand head and shoulders above the rest
Wildlife
To save the bees, we first need to understand them — and recognize their value independent of their role as pollinators
Wildlife
The death and entanglement of 17 of the endangered mammals last summer spurred an unprecedented effort to make the Gulf of St. Lawrence safer — but will it be enough?
Places
In Banff National Park, Alberta, as in protected areas across the country, managers find it difficult to balance the desire of people to experience wilderness with an imperative to conserve it
Wildlife
The trickster hero — ferocious, clever and strong — will need all of its ingenuity to continue to flourish
Wildlife
André-Philippe Drapeau Picard of Mission Monarch discusses the threats facing monarchs and how Canadians can help
Science & Tech
Volunteers are collecting samples from bigleaf maples to prevent illegal logging
Wildlife
In shedding light on wolverines’ aversion to roads, new research suggests the key to their conservation in Alberta
Mapping
Two visions of the landmark proposed marine protected region