Nature and Wildlife

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.

Conservation   Twenty years of conservation co-operation   Wildlife officers handle dangerous cross-border creatures   Conservation Crossroad: Herons and scientists adjust to a changing landscape   When Wild Birds Get the Flu   Tracking Shorebirds in a Changing Arctic   Protect Your Land – Get a Tax Break   Arctic Refuge Treasures   Protecting Home Sweet Home   Bird Banding   Thirty Years of Monitoring Great Lakes Herring Gulls   Lead Fishing Gear Faces Prohibition   Protecting Antarctica   Hinterland Who's Who Captivates a New Generation   Wildlife Conservation Genetics   Protecting Plant Pollinators   Where the Bogs Are   Combining Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Science   A Legacy for Tomorrow, a Tax Break Today   Great Lakes Portraits - Protecting a National Treasure   Protecting Burns Bog   Our Community Includes Wildlife. Does Yours?   Fish Lead Free and Save Wildlife!   Unlocking Wildlife's Secrets  Habitat   A hare of a different color   When an alien species becomes invasive   Thinking Like a Duck   Atocas Bay Gets a New Lease on Life   Shorebirds do their Best to Nest   Invasive Species Threatening Supplies of Essential Fatty Acids   Are Zebra Mussels Re-Shaping Great Lakes Shorelines?   Climate Change and Wildlife   Oil and Birds Don't Mix

Species at Risk   Canadian Wood Bison Fly to Russia   The Case of the Orchid Smugglers   The Growing Species at Risk List   Whooping Cranes Are on the Rise   Species at Risk Act Takes Full Effect   Rare North American Bird Struggles to Survive   On the Lookout for the Burrowing Owl   Where is the Eskimo Curlew?   The Decline of the Henslow’s Sparrow   New Law to Protect Canada’s Species at Risk and Their Habitats   Working Together to Save the Loggerhead Shrike   Protecting Wildlife in Canada for 25 Years   New Flock of Whooping Cranes Makes its Way North on Its Own   Wild Species Know No Borders   Investing in the Future   Piping Plovers Were Counted too This Year   A Snail Like No Other   A Tool for Ensuring Species Survival   Purloined Pachyderm Parts Pinched   The Marmot - Canada's Most Endangered Mammal

 Questions about nature & wildlife

  Is there a difference between a species being threatened, at risk or endangered?

  Who should I talk to about an Asian Long-horned Beetle I found?

  I found an injured bird in my backyard. Is there someone I can call to get help for the bird?

  What do I need to export protected species and their products from Canada?

  Which areas of Canada have the greatest number of species at risk?

  What are endangered species and how do they obtain their designation?

  Why not ban the sale of lead sinkers, jigs and shotshell altogether?

  What happens to confiscated endangered species products?

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