Environment

Lyme disease was once all but unknown in Ontario. But as the offending ticks migrate north, health agencies warn it’s just a matter of time before Headwaters feels their bite.

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.

In its few short years, Big Life has established itself as an important anti-poaching leader in East Africa.

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.

Beech trees are being destroyed at heartbreaking speed by an introduced pathogen called beech bark disease.

History from the Ground Up

Where brook trout flourish, expect other exquisite wild things.