A surprise encounter with a family of American black bears in Ontario turned out to be a heartwarming reminder that forested areas are crucial for both bears and humans.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is reimagining the use of technology to address current and future conservation ...

What does it look like? Snowshoe hares are named for their large hind feet, which, like snowshoes, allow them to stay on top of the snow during Canadian winters. The fur of snowshoe hares varies in ...

We will be manually removing invasive plant species and garbage that are threatening the sensitive ecosystem at Gillies Grove Nature Reserve. Many of these invasive species, including periwinkle, lily ...

I’m Evan Woelk Balzer. If you were to visit southern Manitoba a couple hundred years ago, you probably wouldn’t recognize it. In those days, millions of plains bison grazed here, migrating slowly ...

There is only one species of pitcher plant in Canada. The purple pitcher plant, or northern pitcher plant, referred to simply as pitcher plant in Canada, is one of the 18 species of carnivorous plant ...

The Columbia forest region occurs in the wet belt of southeastern BC, between the central plateau and the Rocky Mountains. This forest region occurs at lower elevations along river valleys and is ...

Worldwide conservation efforts depend on the next generation of conservation leaders. As a Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) conservation intern, you’ll build a diverse skill set and gain practical ...

What does the species look like? Eastern baccharis is a salt marsh shrub and, in Canada, measures around one to three metres tall. Large individual plants can reach diameters of up to 10 centimetres.

The Weston Family Tallgrass Prairie Interpretive Centre is 65 hectares (160 acres) nestled within the heart of the Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve, just 80 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg. It ...