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  • Firm Footing

    2025-12-05

    Before You Start Sprinkling Salt on Your Icy Driveway, Read This.

  • It’s a Hard Knock Life

    2013-09-12

    Urban wildlife is adapting to life in the city—sometimes in unexpected ways.

  • Never Mow Your Lawn Again!

    2025-12-05

    Move over grass, there’s a new gardening trend in town. More and more people are opting to transform their backyards into beneficial meadows.

  • Snakes of Canada

    2008-09-11

  • Science with Heart

    2018-01-18

    Great things happen when experts and average Canadians get together with the hopes of conserving our wildlife species.

  • Nest

    2015-03-12

    They pop up everywhere when the weather mellows out. They come in all shapes and sizes. They are bird nests. And there’s more to them than meets the eye.

  • Home is Where the Snow Is

    2018-03-15

    Animals that build their homes in the subnivean zone

  • Pollination 101

    2018-04-12

    How does pollination really work and what species are in charge of this important job? Keep reading and you’ll learn all that and more.

  • Sleep Under the Stars

    2013-07-15

    Give your cell a break, get outside and join the CWF Great Canadian Camp Out!

  • Neonics 101

    2025-12-05

    Get the low down on the pesticide wreaking havoc on our pollinators

  • New Home Buyer's Guilt

    2016-04-12

    How one new home buyer is giving wildlife back its habitat one gardening project at a time.

  • Hummingbird Clearwing Moth

    2015-03-12

    Learn more about the hummingbird clearwing moth and how to attract it to your gardens!

  • Winter Wonderland

    2014-11-11

    Getting your garden ready for winter is easier than you think!

  • Working Together for Wildlife

    2018-02-08

    Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean.

  • You Can Save the Monarch in Your Backyard with This...

    2015-03-24

    How can one change make a difference for this delicate butterfly? Read on to find out.

  • The Dirt on Neonics

    2017-05-11

    Be in the Know About These Harmful Chemicals in Your Backyard

  • Stressed Out Mamas

    2018-05-14

    Roosting bats need all the help they can get during the warmer months

  • Is your garden water-smart?

    2025-12-05

    Clean water is critical to our wild spaces. So it’s important to practice smart water use in our gardens. Help the environment — and your wallet — with these tips:

  • The Buzz on Bees

    2025-12-03

  • Surviving the Storm: Wildlife in Winter

    2013-01-13

    Winter. Some of us stow ourselves away, drinking hot chocolate by a crackling fire, only emerging from our warm abodes to head to work or stock up on groceries. Others relish the blustery weather, hit the slopes and make the hockey rink their second home. Wildlife is no different. They either embrace the cold or fight it.