Endangered Species & Biodiversity
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The Secret Life of Bats: Attics, Evictions and Alternative Roosts
2021-10-23
It’s hard being a bat these days. Bats have had a bad reputation for centuries due to unfounded fears, most recently getting bad press with the global pandemic. Also, in the last decade, many continue to face the threat of White-nose Syndrome (WNS) that’s wiping out millions of bats in North America. There’s also habitat loss to contend with, declines in insect populations (Canadian bats’ food source) largely due to pesticide use and massive wind turbines to navigate.
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Despite hundreds of reported cougar sightings in N.S. over the years, physical proof remains elusive
2021-10-23
Every year, a couple dozen people call the provincial Department of Natural Resources reporting that they saw a cougar. And every year, the department looks, without success, for physical evidence that one of the big cats was in the area in question.
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Goodbye and Goodluck, Monarch Butterfly
2021-10-12
Today, as I write this blog, I am looking out the window at the changing leaves on the trees, and it with a little sadness that I accept that the Monarchs are gone from this part of Ontario on their long journey to Mexico.
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Elm zigzag sawfly, Aproceros leucopoda (Hymenoptera: Argidae), recorded for the first time in North America through community science
2021-09-23
The elm zigzag sawfly, Aproceros leucopoda Takeuchi (Hymenoptera: Argidae), was reported for the first time in North America during the summer of 2020. Characteristic zigzag defoliation was reported in the province of Québec, Canada, on the community science website, iNaturalist.
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Eastern Ontario’s Own Turtle Island
2021-09-15
Even during the pandemic, the Friends of Petrie Island (FOPI) turtle conservation initiatives continued. Petrie Island — located in Orleans (East end of Ottawa) — was purchased in the late 1950s by the Grandmaitre family. In the 1960s, they used it as a cooperative sand extraction operation, which ended in 2002. The sand operation increased the amount of sand on the island which in turn increased the turtle nesting areas.
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Helping Yukon River Salmon Make It Home
2021-09-15
A four-year collaborative project led by the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) has explored what is happening to salmon migrating through Traditional Lands of the upper Yukon River.
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Is the American Eel Doomed?
2021-09-10
The American Eel’s numbers have been devastated here in Canada.
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Studying Boating Threats to Northern Map Turtles
2021-08-24
The Canadian Wildlife Federation Turtle Team spends a lot of our time focusing on the Blanding’s Turtle.
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How 'bat boxes’ could help revive the depleting bat population
2021-08-21
The Wildlife Conservation Society Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Federation, with support from Environment and Climate Change Canada, launched the Canadian Bat Box Project this year to help bat populations recover with the assistance of community scientists
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Saving Turtles, One Egg at a Time
2021-08-20
rotecting a turtle’s nest is an investment in the future. Each protected nest represents turtles that may reach adulthood 10 or even 20 years into the future. Each unprotected nest is a likely meal for a hungry raccoon. In many areas, raccoons and other nest predators can destroy 60 per cent or more of all turtle nests.
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