The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC’s) newly acquired property in the Upper Qu’Appelle Valley — designated as Last ...

A stark silhouette set against the prairie horizon, whooping cranes claim the title of the tallest bird in North America. This bird species has made a comeback since the 1940s, when there were only 21 ...

European swallow-wort, most commonly known as dog-strangling vine, is a member of the milkweed family. Despite its name, it doesn't pose any real threat to dogs. Unfortunately, it does pose a ...

What does it look like? Also called mountain cottontail, Nuttall’s cottontail is a small rabbit that measures up to just under 40 centimetres in length. It looks like a typical cottontail rabbit, with ...

With nature, we build a thriving world. The interconnection of people and nature is the Nature Conservancy of Canada's (NCC's) foundation; the idea that we are all one with nature. Together, through ...

Conserving lands adjacent to parks and other protected areas builds a bigger buffer for wildlife and habitat resiliency.

At the age of 60 something, in fall of 2016 I moved, with great excitement, from suburban Ottawa to British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast — the swiya (traditional homeland) of the shíshálh Nation. As a ...

The Western chorus frog, one of the smallest frogs in Quebec, can now count on a new refuge in the Outaouais region. A 24-hectare site, within the Breckenridge ecological corridor in Chelsea has ...

Every summer, the Bay of Fundy is host to thousands of shorebirds as they migrate from their breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic to their winter home in South America. Shorebirds stop at the Bay ...

What does it look like? The most distinctive feature of an adult round goby is the prominent black spot at the end of its first dorsal fin. Unlike native sculpins, which it is commonly confused with, ...

Preferring vertical cliffs, in canyons or on the coast, black swift nests on damp rocks behind waterfalls and near streams. It builds its nest under the covering of overhangs or crevices. Black swift ...

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is protecting essential habitats for the western chorus frog in Outaouais. Located within an ecological corridor that links the Ottawa River to Gatineau Park, ...