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From polar bears to peregrine falcons, blue whales to bees, find out about Canada’s wildlife, habitats and conservation news.

A male Bullock’s oriole alights from a branch in Kamloops, B.C. Within a month, he will head south to moult. (Photo: Glenn Dreger)

Photo: Glenn Dreger
Why some songbirds make migratory pit-stops to replace worn and ragged feathers
An essential process has shaped and moulded the lives of migratory birds
Puffin sitting on cliffside surrounded by mountains.

The puffin population found across the Northern Atlantic Ocean are in danger of extinction as their food declines (Photo: Tomáš Malík).

Photo: Tomáš Malík
Excerpt: On Time and Water
A look at how global warming impacts foundational conditions for entire ecosystems
Excerpt: The Bedside Book of Birds
Gorgeously illustrated and woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, The Bedside Book of Birds is for everyone who is passionate about birds and all they mean to humanity

A grey warbler photographed from the author's bedroom window. (Photo: Paul Sorrell)

Getting Closer: Rediscovering nature through bird photography
In an excerpt from his new book, author Paul Sorrell teches how to connect to nature with a photographer's eye
Excerpt: How to Be Animal
Melanie Challenger explores the conflict between humanity and the animal in her new book, How to Be Animal: A New History of What it Means to be Human

Highly adaptable, Coho can be found in rivers and streams across North America. They generally weigh from 8 to 12 lbs and run from 18 to 24 inches in length. (Photo: Wild Salmon Center)

Photo: Wild Salmon Center
Killer tire chemical threatening Canadian salmon
A tire preservative is killing U.S. salmon en masse. The same may be happening in Canada.

Infographic: Kat Barqueiro

Meals without seals: How polar bears will have to adapt to life on land
As polar bears spend more time on land as a result of melting ice, they will have to shift their diets in order to survive

Photo: UIG via Getty Images

Photo: UIG via Getty Images
“Fossil fish” not the fossil we thought it was
The ancient looking coelacanth gained more than 60 genes in relatively recent history
David Schindler

Renowned conservation scientist David Schindler photographed around the time of his retirement from the University of Alberta in 2013. (Photo: Michael Holly/University of Alberta)

Photo: Michael Holly/University of Alberta
Celebrating the life of renowned Canadian-American scientist David Schindler
Schindler conducted numerous groundbreaking studies during his career in efforts to protect freshwater around the world
A whale's tail fin can be seen above the water

The North Atlantic right whale is one of the world’s most endangered large whale species. (Photo: NOAA)

Photo: NOAA
Data from space could help protect North Atlantic right whales
The smartWhales program relies on industry collaboration
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