Environment

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Green frogs sometimes strike out cross country in search of new ponds and new environments, boldly going where no frogs have gone before!

Cowbirds, if unlikely to garner much human sympathy, are fascinating creatures.

More than ever, Canadians care about their food and where it comes from.

Take time to notice the fox, white-crowned and white-throated sparrows.

The flight of the timberdoodle should continue through April and can be witnessed at dawn as well as dusk.

With the mega quarry shelved, opponents say they’ll keep fighting until they get permanent protection for farmland in Ontario.

Humans have long had a love-hate relationship with these ingenious creatures.

The heart-gladdening beauty of early wildflowers is a signal all is right in the woodland. Which one is your favourite?

The redpoll feeding etiquette is decidedly boorish; they jostle each other rudely for favoured perches on the feeders.

Chickadees are consummate risk takers and they pack a lot of smarts into their tiny bird brains.

Hairy woodpeckers brandish large dagger-like beaks; the beaks of downys are smaller and more chisel-like.