Environment

Streamside Salamanders
May 3, 2023 | | Notes from the WildLong-tailed and tiny-legged, these slow moving salamanders face formidable challenges as our urban footprint grows.

Screech Owls
Apr 4, 2023 | | Notes from the WildListen closely for their distinctive vocalizing and you just might manage to catch a peek of these pint-sized predators.

Home, Sweet Home
Mar 20, 2023 |The amazing architectural feats (and sometimes cheeky parenting techniques) of nesting birds

Tree Talk
Mar 20, 2023 | | Country Living 101No matter what your goal – adding shade and beauty to your property, attracting wildlife or fighting climate change – planting more trees is a good idea.

Our Ever Heavier Urban Footprint
Feb 27, 2023 | | Notes from the WildAs development continues unabated, our growing population and urban footprint will inevitably diminish biodiversity.

Not All Invaders Are Bad
Feb 7, 2023 | | Notes from the WildDuring a trip south, naturalist Don Scallen gets a closer look at introduced lizards in Florida and asks questions about our own invasive species in Ontario.

Nesting Instincts
Jan 6, 2023 | | Notes from the WildMost of us have the good fortune to raise our families in safe, comfortable houses. Birds want nothing less.

Return to the Trout Stream
Dec 1, 2022 | | Notes from the WildRivers in the Headwaters region still flow clean, clear and cool through areas not yet urbanized. This natural heritage is a gift to area residents and well worth protecting.

In the Bleak Midwinter
Nov 20, 2022 |Don Scallen explores how birds, mammals and reptiles have adapted to survive our long, trying winter.

Feed the Birds
Nov 20, 2022 | | Country Living 101Looking to bring colour and joy to those grey winter days? Setting up a feeder for our fine feathered friends is a mutually beneficial move.

Crooning Tree Crickets
Nov 3, 2022 | | Notes from the WildMale tree crickets – rock stars of the insect realm – sing to attract females, and display other courtship behaviour not so different from ours.