In The News

2026-06-02

Marine researchers in B.C. say a new collaborative approach to whale sightings being used in part of California could help to prevent whale strikes here too.

2026-04-21

B.C. Ferries says it is altering the timing of one of its main routes in northern B.C. in an effort to avoid hitting humpback whales.

2026-04-20

A company out of Victoria, B.C., has created technology that can detect marine mammals and is piloting it on a new electric passenger ferry.

2026-03-09

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) has helped update a new tool to measure the likelihood that a vessel strike will cause a lethal injury to a large whale.

2026-03-08

The United States is proposing to change regulations designed to prevent ships from striking the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale along the East Coast.

2026-05-31

In March, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced A Force of Nature: Canada’s Strategy to Protect Nature. The government says the strategy will invest $3.8 billion in protecting nature, and aims to “restore critical habitats, ensure industrial strategies complement our conservation efforts, and mobilise new capital for nature.”

2026-05-26

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent says more than 200 residents participated in this year’s City Nature Challenge BioBlitz, documenting hundreds of wild plants, animals and fungi across the municipality.

2026-05-12

An injured loon got a free road trip to the big city on Tuesday. Fort McMurray’s Northern Veterinary Services got a call Monday morning about a hurt common loon found at an industrial plant near Christina Lake North. The bird flew into a pipe rack, got stuck and fell to the ground, injuring its left wing in the process.

2026-04-02

Celebrating the people behind conservation success is as important as the work itself.

2026-03-24

Canada’s wildlife and wild spaces are full of stories worth discovering — from tiny pollinators to iconic mammals and the diverse ecosystems that sustain them.

2026-05-31

A fundraising event held Saturday north of Calgary combined horses and literacy to raise funds for those who struggle to read.

2026-04-21

International Volunteer Year (IVY) 2026 is the United Nations’ (UN) call to celebrate all that our volunteers achieve.

2026-03-24

Canada’s wildlife and wild spaces are full of stories worth discovering — from tiny pollinators to iconic mammals and the diverse ecosystems that sustain them.

2025-09-23

As an artist, so much of my work involves networking, thinking outside the box and making the best of situations that don’t always unfold as planned.

2025-03-12

The environmental sector plays a critical role in addressing some of the most pressing challenges of our time, from climate change to habitat loss. Yet, despite its importance, the sector still lacks diversity. According to EcoCanada, only 22 per cent of environmental professionals identify as a visible minority, and Indigenous representation remains disproportionately low compared to the national population. Women, though increasingly engaged in environmental work, remain underrepresented in leadership roles.

2026-05-28

What can we learn from 20,000 observations of amphibians and reptiles on roads in Canada? The first thing is that many amphibians and reptiles cross roads and perish on those roads every year.

2026-05-08

The Monarch Butterflies are back after a long winter in Mexico!

2026-04-21

B.C. Ferries says it is altering the timing of one of its main routes in northern B.C. in an effort to avoid hitting humpback whales.

2026-04-20

A company out of Victoria, B.C., has created technology that can detect marine mammals and is piloting it on a new electric passenger ferry.

2026-04-10

Community science (aka. citizen science) is transforming the way we understand and protect biodiversity.

2026-05-29

The start of spring in the northern hemisphere often brings thoughts of summer — and with it, wildfire season.

2026-05-20

It is the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, and the United Nations-designated year has highlighted that grasslands and rangelands are disappearing at an alarming rate globally.

2026-02-20

When grassland scientists, conservationists, managers and advocates get together, it is like being part of a secret club.

2025-09-10

Despite a surge in scientific and public fascination with fungi, they remain sidelined in conservation language.

2025-09-05

Pronghorns used to race across the prairies — until people put up fences. Now, a group of volunteers is working to reconnect this divided landscape.

2026-05-29

The American eel is an unlucky and undeniably slippery hero. Sometimes thought of as slimy or scary, it’s an underdog in the conservation world. An animal existing in frighteningly low abundance compared to its early 20th century glory. An animal that has the power to instantly capture the imagination with its mysterious and obscured life cycle.

2026-01-30

The federal government has announced its decision not to list American Eel under the Species at Risk Act (SARA).

2026-01-16

A “shocking” amount of marine life is being ensnared in abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear adrift in Canada’s oceans, internal federal data reveals.

2025-12-11

The Canadian Wildlife Federation was honored to be invited to participate in the very first He Sqyéytn (Salmon) Festival this fall in the beautiful community of Shulus, British Columbia.

2025-09-10

In March 2025, a group of First Nations knowledge holders, known as Guardians, and allied conservation practitioners from across Canada traveled to Antigonish and Paqtnkek First Nation.