Environment

Singing tree crickets are beautiful. They raise diaphanous wings like miniature sails and vibrate them as they trill their songs.

This is the time of year to get out after dark and explore… especially as the rain falls.

From deep in the earth to high in the sky, forests shelter teeming life.

Here are six plants and animals, representative of myriad others, that depend completely on forests.

Caledon poet Marilyn Boyle takes the gypsy moth caterpillar as her latest subject after her oak tree was decimated in the summer of 2020.

You likely won’t see many of these without a little dedicated searching.

Four beetles among hundreds of thousands, each with a unique story to tell.

While most moths release their pheromones after dusk, promethea moth females are an exception.

Wildlife populations in Dufferin and Caledon have come and gone over the past few centuries, most dramatically since European settlement. Some species have vanished from the landscape. Others have arrived. Now things are changing again.

Trail (or game) cameras are rugged, motion-activated devices about a quarter the size of a loaf 
of bread and meant for extended, remote use outdoors.

How I learned to find and cook spring’s local bounty.

The reappearance of otters in our hills is a hopeful sign that the capacity of our rivers and landscapes to support wildlife is improving.