About "Wildlife"
From polar bears to peregrine falcons, blue whales to bees, find out about Canada’s wildlife, habitats and conservation news.
The non-human face of the climate crisis: This eastern grey kangaroo and her joey, encountered near Mallacoota in the state of Victoria, Australia, were among the lucky survivors of intense bushfires that devastated parts of southeastern Australia in the summer of 2019-2020. (Photo: Jo-Anne McArthur/Wildlife Photographer of the Year)
A herd of Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) on Matveev Island, Russia. (Photo: Yulia Bogomolova/WWF-Russia)
In the Elk Valley of British Columbia, 25 per cent of elk mortalities and 30 per cent of grizzly deaths are due to vehicles. (Photo: Clayton Lamb)
Since the start of satellite records in 1979, the number of days per year that sea ice is present has declined in each subpopulation’s region. (Photo: Andreas Preußer, CC BY-ND 3.0)
Strong winds have been pushing petrels off course and into a number of coastal Newfoundland towns. (Photo: Richard Crossley, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Caribou in Northern Ontario face threats from both climate change and expanding resource development. (Photo: Susan Morse)
Newly-white snowshoe hares are no longer blending in with their snowless habitat. (Photo: Nicole Watson)
Patrick Nadeau is the new president of Birds Canada. (Photo: Martin Lipman)
A mother and baby bear curl up for sleep in a grassy meadow. Look closely and you’ll notice the cub has only three legs. “That bear was so attached to his mom,” says Gregus. (Photo: Martin Gregus)
Illustration: Kerry Hodgson/Can Geo
