Environment

Each year our roadside verges erupt in a bloom of wildflowers, only to be leveled by municipal mowers. Is there a better way to manage these habitats?

Insects and their kith are essential to life on earth – but that doesn’t mean we want to share our houses with them. Here’s a closer look at some of our unwanted house guests and how to politely usher them out.

Without a proper ‘runway’, horned grebes are unable to achieve lift-off, effectively leaving them stranded if they happen to land in small watering holes.

This well-known salamander’s unexplained navigational super-power rivals the precision of our best GPS systems.

In nature, hole digging is replete with meaning, helping countless animals survive.

Collecting and nurturing remarkable trees has been a 30-year passion for Caledon’s Gary Haslett.

The spring rush of young, orphaned or injured animals marks the start of another busy year at Procyon Wildlife and Rehabilitation Centre.

A trail cam – or several – is an ideal way to delight in the diverse wildlife that visits your country property.

A recent documentary, “Living on Borrowed Credit”, takes a discerning look at the future of the Credit River and its brook trout populations. 

Ontario’s only lizard species happens to be one that utilises a clever survival tactic — dropping its tail when scared.

Rattlesnakes in Ontario are largely harmless, save for the Massasauga rattlesnake, the only venomous one in the province.

As habitats shrink, these three animals have become ‘extirpated herptiles’ — reptiles and amphibians that are now regionally extinct in Ontario.