Endangered Species & Biodiversity
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The Next Extinction Level Event — Is It Already Here?
2025-12-05
Are we witnessing a mass extinction?
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ECO-LOGICAL COMMENT: Tiny wings, big impact: How climate change is affecting hummingbirds
2025-12-05
Hummingbirds are extraordinary creatures that are essential to the health of our ecosystems as both nectar feeders and pollinators. The current pace of climate change is unprecedented in geologic history, shifting faster than natural selection can enable species to adapt, and putting the survival of hummingbirds at risk.
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Eastern Monarch Population Spring 2021 Update
2025-12-05
Once again, overwintering numbers indicate another decline for the eastern Monarch Butterfly population.
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Couple battling municipality over 'nuisance' wildflower garden
2025-12-05
La Pêche, Que., couple says their vegetation is a habitat for bees and butterflies
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Fauna, Flora AND FUNGA: Why the Third ‘F’ Matters
2025-12-05
Despite a surge in scientific and public fascination with fungi, they remain sidelined in conservation language.
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Climate change effects on Canadian wildlife show how vital winter is
2025-12-05
With ever-increasing and extreme weather events such as heat, wildfires, hurricanes, to name a few, it makes winter that much more important for our wildlife.
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First right whales in Gulf of St. Lawrence trigger some fisheries closures
2025-12-05
North Atlantic right whales made their first appearance of 2020 in Canadian waters last weekend, prompting an immediate but temporary closure of fixed-gear fisheries in the area under new federal rules trying to protect the highly endangered animals.
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Fill your pack with snacks, scientists need to know how neat B.C. nature is
2025-12-05
The BioBlitz, through the iNaturalist app, runs from July 28-Aug. 1
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Eastern Ontario’s Own Turtle Island
2025-12-05
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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Canadian government vetoed almost 200 housing units to protect a thumb-sized frog
2025-12-05
“What happened in this case, was there was a science review done and a variety of pieces of information were brought together and it was determined that while there wasn’t an imminent threat to the survival of the species, the development did pose a threat to the recovery,” David Browne, the director of conservation for the Canadian Wildlife Federation, told Global news.
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