
Environment
The promise of COP15
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault made big commitments at the international biodiversity conference held in Montreal in December. What does that mean on the ground?
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Environment
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault made big commitments at the international biodiversity conference held in Montreal in December. What does that mean on the ground?
Environment
Thanks to contributions from donors like Kruger Products, the Nature Conservancy of Canada is restoring and protecting some of Canada’s most valuable ecosystems
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
Wildlife
Under Canadian leadership, the landing ban means more sharks will survive accidental capture — but is it enough?
Wildlife
One man’s endeavour to save the province’s most endangered snake
Environment
Glaciers play a vital role in sculpting the landscape, and their retreat can bring about drastic consequences
Wildlife
An Ontario centre is charting new horizons in wildlife rehabilitation — one reconstructed turtle at a time
Wildlife
After a series of mass deaths in recent years, what can we do?
Wildlife
Lead author Aaron MacNeil discusses what this means for coral ecosystems and what Canadians can do to help
Wildlife
You’ve heard of snakes on a plane, but what about snakes in tubes?
Wildlife
Nearly half of the wildlife species assessed at the most recent meeting of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada are small and obscure, with limited ranges. Here’s why they matter.
Places
How conservationists and ranchers in Saskatchewan are working to slow the loss of an endangered ecosystem
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
The federal government has committed $1.26 million over five years for First Nations-led projects to preserve the endangered herd
Wildlife
To save turtles, we need to think in “turtle time,” biologist says
Wildlife
To save the bees, we first need to understand them — and recognize their value independent of their role as pollinators
Wildlife
Environmental groups frustrated by lack of action on the part of the provinces
Maternal pen project could be last chance for tiny endangered mountain caribou herd
02Five things you may have missed in the latest COSEWIC assessment
03Five projects that are helping to conserve endangered species in Canada’s national parks
04Land-use disputes south of the border threaten long-term survival of Canada lynx
Wildlife
Conserving at-risk species is difficult when they’re constantly crossing international borders, but digital tools are making it easier than ever to track feathered globetrotters
Wildlife
Results of necropsies on six whales that died this summer in the Gulf of St. Lawrence reveal blunt force trauma and chronic entanglement as cause of death
Wildlife
Biologists wanted to know what Canadians would be willing to sacrifice in the name of conservation
Wildlife
To save whales, we first have to understand them. Here are three Canadian projects aimed at doing just that.