Environment

In nature, hole digging is replete with meaning, helping countless animals survive.

Collecting and nurturing remarkable trees has been a 30-year passion for Caledon’s Gary Haslett.

The spring rush of young, orphaned or injured animals marks the start of another busy year at Procyon Wildlife and Rehabilitation Centre.

A trail cam – or several – is an ideal way to delight in the diverse wildlife that visits your country property.

A recent documentary, “Living on Borrowed Credit”, takes a discerning look at the future of the Credit River and its brook trout populations. 

Ontario’s only lizard species happens to be one that utilises a clever survival tactic — dropping its tail when scared.

Rattlesnakes in Ontario are largely harmless, save for the Massasauga rattlesnake, the only venomous one in the province.

As habitats shrink, these three animals have become ‘extirpated herptiles’ — reptiles and amphibians that are now regionally extinct in Ontario.

Two Headwaters residents are working with Indigenous people on innovative programs to enhance food security in the Far North.

How to prep your home, car – and psyche – for winter storm season and its inevitable hydro outages.

With UV flashlight in hand, strolling in the night-shrouded escarpment woods reveals fantastic caterpillars, some of which glow under a black light.

A look back on how we’ve covered the pleasures and concerns of country life over the last three decades.