Environment
Mimicry
Oct 15, 2012 | | Notes from the WildLike everything in nature, mimicry is complex and nuanced.
Whales, wheat and Wonderland
Sep 13, 2012 | | Autumn 2012 | Back Issues | Countryside Digest | DepartmentsAlice’s True Adventure “There was never a March Hare, a Cheshire Cat, or a hookah-smoking caterpillar. The mushroom upon which the caterpillar sat, however, is real. The iconic Amanita muscaria,…
Dragonflies
Aug 28, 2012 | | Blogs | Notes from the WildDragonflies have been on Earth an incredibly long time, way before the appearance of the first dinosaurs.
Where the Wild Things Are
Aug 17, 2012 | | FoodKnown as the witch of Mono Centre, Lisa Yates is a wizard in the kitchen, transforming ordinary weeds into uncommon victuals
Food for Thought
Aug 17, 2012 | | Back IssuesOnly 16 per cent of watermelons now have seeds, down from 42 per cent in 2003. Alas, it is unlikely that the world record for spitting a watermelon seed will be broken.
Hobo Wally
Aug 9, 2012 | | Web Extras“King Of The Hole” by Hobo Wally (a quarry song) “Walk with me, Stop the Quarry” by Hobo Wally -Melancthon Quarry
Giant Swallowtail Butterflies
Aug 9, 2012 | | Notes from the WildGiant swallowtail caterpillars are branded as “orange dogs” in the American south because they eat the foliage of citrus crops including orange trees.
Bobolinks, Grasslands and Forks of the Credit Provincial Park
Jul 25, 2012 | | Notes from the WildBobolinks, though, are only one patch in the quilt of the glorious grassland ecosystem that exists at the Forks.
Polyphemus Moths
Jun 24, 2012 | | Notes from the WildMoth communication hints at the wealth of cryptic messaging all around us.
Battling the bottle
Jun 19, 2012 | | Back IssuesA protest over Nestlé taking water in Erin is the latest skirmish between local residents and international corporations with sights set on Headwaters’ natural resources. But Erin’s lost water may be just a drop in the bucket.
The Art of Protest
Jun 19, 2012 | | Back IssuesQuarry opposition has produced an explosion of creativity as artists, in groups and individually, have joined ranks in protest, brandishing paintbrushes, cameras and musical instruments.
Passenger Pigeons: And then there were none
Jun 19, 2012 | | Back IssuesFlocks of passenger pigeons once streamed from horizon to horizon above our hills. But they were driven to extinction in less than one human lifespan.