Endangered Species & Biodiversity
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The CWF Great Canadian Bioblitz 2024: A Snapshot of Nature in Motion
2025-12-05
The inaugural 2024 CWF Great Canadian Bioblitz wrapped up, and the results are nothing short of remarkable!
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Transitioning to on-demand gear can ensure a sustainable future for lobster and crab fisheries and protect whales.
2025-12-05
The critically endangered North Atlantic right whale (NARW) faces deadly threats from both vessel strikes and entanglement in rope lines, which stem from crab and lobster traps and pots in areas that overlap with their habitat. Eighty-two percent of North Atlantic right whales bear scars from entanglements with fishing gear and ship strikes.
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This can be deadly time for one of Canada's 'most endangered' wildlife groups
2025-12-05
With July nearly finished, freshwater turtles in Canada have finished laying eggs for the year, but they can still encounter danger from vehicle traffic while moving from one wetland to another.
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Scientists hope tiny trackers will reveal local bats' home away from home as they continue to face critical loss of habitat
2025-12-05
A team of biologists with the Canadian Wildlife Federation hope to learn more about what a bat needs to survive
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The Tides of Change for Endangered Whales
2025-12-05
To stop North Atlantic right whales from vanishing, Canada and the United States have spent decades trying new policies, facing new crises and trying again. Here’s a timeline of their struggle
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Surveying for Monarch Butterflies on Main Duck Island
2025-12-05
The end of August and start of September is a time of change. Leaves begin changing colours and temperatures slowly (but surely) begin to lower. It’s also the time when the iconic Monarch Butterfly migrates south from Canada to their overwintering grounds in Mexico!
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Three Amigos Connected by One Tiny Species
2025-12-05
As I write this, our CEO Sean Southey, two of my teammates and I are en-route home from a Summit at the University of Minnesota that brought three nations of people together to reconnect and energize our collective efforts to recover a micro, mighty species.
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Tracking Bats in Ottawa Area
2025-12-05
Bat researchers are trying to learn what the Little Brown Bat is doing in the Ottawa area.
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Experiencing the Snake Life – CCC Participant Field Learning Update
2025-12-05
Canadian Conservation Corps Group 1 participant Nicole Webster gives us a tour at her field learning placement at SCALES Nature Park in Ontario.
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New snow crab fishery rules announced to protect North Atlantic right whales
2025-12-05
At least 17 of the endangered mammals were killed in Canada and U.S. waters last year
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