Tag: Ontario

Birds that have ingested seeds treated with a common insecticide experience weight loss and delay their migrations — effects that could reduce their chances of surviving and reproducing, researchers found....

Informal bird enthusiasts are great at detecting the arrival of new species in an area, but their observations aren’t necessarily the best at giving accurate population counts once a species...

The remaining boreal chorus frogs in the province of Quebec may require government protection to give them a chance at surviving, according to new research. “We have a big issue...

Wildlife managers can now capture birds by trapping them inside their nests using a remote-controlled device similar to a garage door opener. Dave Shutler, TWS member and a biology professor...

Biologists have discovered a salamander-eating plant in a Canadian provincial park. Researchers monitoring carnivorous northern pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea purpurea L.) in Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario found baby salamanders...

Trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) had been wiped out in the wild in much of their range, but efforts to restore the birds to Ontario and parts of the United States...

As the timber industry cuts into the boreal habitat of threatened woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), Canadian law shields the species from hunting, but the caribou have little protection against...

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada has declared the Midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) a species of special concern under the Species at Risk Act....

Birds face increasing hazards as cars hurtle down highways and skyscrapers rise against the horizon. In Ontario, researchers found human development was probably the primary driver of raptor mortality over...

Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) used to be abundant around Lake Superior, but lately they were in need of some help in order to repopulate. Earlier this month, the Ontario government, including...