In The News: Endangered Species & Biodiversity

2026-08-10

Each summer, conservationists with the Canadian Wildlife Federation release endangered Blanding's turtles in west Ottawa. This year, they're releasing 900 hatchlings — up from 600 last year. Rachelle Elsiufi tagged along for a recent release.

2026-08-06

2026-08-06

While looking at the photos in 2021 for a paper on threats to Northern Map Turtles, we stumbled on an observation where the turtle just looked…off.

2026-07-31

Scientists are counting on regular people to document monarch butterfly sightings for the International Monarch Monitoring Blitz from July 31 to August 9. James Pagé, a species at risk and biodiversity specialist with the Canadian Wildlife Federation, explains why.

2026-07-31

A conservation blitz is taking place across three countries to help preserve the monarch butterfly population.

2026-07-09

To protect endangered species we also need to protect the habitat they rely upon.

2026-07-02

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.

2026-07-02

iNaturalist Canada turns 10! Since 2015, this platform has brought together a community to document and share observations of biodiversity across the country and has grown into a go-to tool for community science, helping to track wildlife populations, monitor changes in species distributions, and inform research and conservation efforts.

2026-06-24

In today’s age of technology, community science has never been more accessible.

2026-06-22

The Canadian Wildlife Federation’s Marine Conservation Science team works to mitigate entanglement risk to large whales.