Nature and Wildlife
Vancouver Island Marmot. Photo: Dr. Andrew Bryant.
Climate change and habitat destruction are just two of the human activities that affect the health and diversity of plants and animals. Read the articles below to learn about the importance of conservation and the protection of ecosystems in order to prevent wildlife species from becoming extinct or lost from the wild. Find out what is being done to help the recovery of those species that are at risk.
- Year of the Frog
- Wildlife Enforcement Officers Honoured
- What is happening to Canada’s birds?
- Trash Diets: EC Researchers Track Changes in Herring Gull Diets
- Tracking Arctic Species: Keeping Count
- The Natural Areas Conservation Program
- The journey of the elusive Bicknell’s Thrush
- The Elusive Search for the Stinkpot Turtle
- The Biosphère invites teachers from across the country to enjoy a stimulating learning experience with their students!
- Take Off to the Great White North
- Stewardship for Canadian Conservation
- Standing up for wildlife rangers around the world
- Six Ways to Get Involved in the Environment
- Six priority actions required to conserve vulnerable landbird populations
- Sharing Canadian Experiences
- Seeing the forest beyond the trees: forest biodiversity
- Resourcefulness pays big dividends
- Putting a price on Canada's ecological goods & services
- Protecting Species at Risk
- Prized possessions: securing Canada’s natural landscapes
- People Working Together: Wilmer Marsh Breakdown
- One Good Tern Deserves Another
- New recruits complete Basic Enforcement Training
- Nature - Celebrate Pollinators This Spring
- National Wildlife Areas: Protecting Arctic Ecosystems
- My cottage is overrun with geese. How can I get rid of them?
- Measuring Murre Harvest in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Major improvements to EC’s Enforcement Branch
- Looking forward to International Year of Biodiversity in 2010
- Learn about biodiversity
- Land & Life: the Arctic Freshwater Systems Project
- Innovative Wetlands Centre Wins International Schools Contest
- Immersed in the lives of Canada’s shorebirds, Cheri Gratto-Trevor works to protect endangered species
- Home is where the heart is
- Have a Wild about Nature adventure at the Biosphère
- Get out and explore biodiversity with BioKits!
- Experience your surroundings
- Environment Canada Teams up with Businesses to Protect Biodiversity
- Discovering Canada’s Protected Areas
- Create a backyard habitat!
- Celebrating twenty years of wetlands conservation
- Celebrating the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity
- Celebrating Canada’s Parks!
- CARMA for Caribou
- Canadian Wingbee: National Expertise
- Canadian Environment Week
- Canada's Wild Places Seen From Far-Off Spaces
- Canada publishes two new report cards on conservation
- Canada celebrates historic agreements for biodiversity
- Canada and Ontario are harmonizing their efforts on species at risk
- Bird Banding Office helps protect and conserve migratory birds
- Biodiversity and the City
- Become a citizen scientist
- Battling for biodiversity: the fight against invasive alien species
- Avalanches: Be Weather Aware and Weather Prepared
- Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Ontario
- Assessing the environmental impacts of the 2010 Winter Games
- Add some green to your school yard
- A typically busy day in the park
- A new kind of crime stopper – Environment Canada’s enforcement officers
- A case against arsenic-based pesticides
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