Don Scallen

Pineapple Weed is a member of the aster family, it is easily overlooked because it lacks petals.

The bird feeder was now far enough from trees to thwart my backyard community of furry filchers.

Not only do these woodpeckers have remarkable adaptations for excavating wood, they also have acute hearing that allows them to pick up the telltale sounds of ants scurrying within trees.

A red-tailed hawk’s vision can be 10 times more acute than ours.

How good is your eye? Take our camouflage challenge and test your knowledge.

Turkeys – especially rival tom turkeys can be highly entertaining to watch at this time of year.

Asters and goldenrods are tremendously important wildlife plants.

We need to learn more about honeybees and other pollinators so we can contribute intelligently to the conversation about their health and well-being.

Ash is doomed. Beech and butternut hover on the brink.

The migration of ruby-throated hummingbirds to and from the tropics puzzled early birdwatchers.

Butterflies are some of the most beautiful and interesting creatures on earth and can be easily attracted to your garden.

Treefrogs have adhesive disks on the tips of their fingers that allow them to climb trees.

These aquatic shrimp fairies are aptly named, for they are tiny, gossamer creatures.

Humans and other animals – not so different. Green herons will sometimes use leaves and other objects to lure fish within striking distance of their rapier-like beaks.

Long a familiar sight in southern Ontario farm fields, these grassland birds are disappearing. So conservationists and others are joining forces to find practical ways 
to reverse the decline.

Why do so many sentinel bur oaks grace farm fields in Caledon and other parts of southern Ontario?

Bird feeding has been largely responsible for the expansion of cardinals and mourning doves into Ontario.

House sparrows may now be the most abundant and widespread bird on Earth, occupying every continent except Antarctica.