Environment

Too often belittled as “idle” land awaiting development – or “rescued” by reforestation – meadows deserve the same protection and respect as our woodlands and wetlands.

To an entomologist, “true bugs” are insects that suck. No insult intended – they really do suck.

Next time you stumble across a spider try not to scream or reach for a shoe.

On a Bruce Trail hike I came across a small mound of freshly deposited fox scat.

A primer on the rivers of Headwaters

A Creemore charity works to ensure clean water security for First Nation communities

Without words, are we lost in the woods? How words connect us to nature.

Water springs up all around us in the streams and rivers and marshes and pools of the four major watersheds that sculpt our landscape and feed three Great Lakes.

French artist Hubert Duprat capitalized on this in the 1980s by supplying caddisflies with flecks of gold and tiny precious stones.

Five ways butterflies survive the winter.

Muskrats are largely herbivorous – chomping cattail roots and shoots is a favourite pastime.

Skip the supermarket, find the ingredients for gourmet dining in forest, field and stream.