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Why your summer might be full of mosquitoes, according to a scientist
As you pack your bags for the cottage or campground this weekend, don’t forget to bring light clothes with long sleeves — and a truckload or two of insect repellent.Spring has come and gone, so welcome...
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Monster hunt: using environmental DNA to survey life in Loch Ness
Reported sightings of the Loch Ness monster go back to the Dark Ages, but now our Super Natural History team is using the 21st-century technology of environmental DNA to survey all life in the famous...
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Covering-up caribou loss
Forestry companies and conservative think tanks have spent years obscuring the truth linking their industry’s actions and the rapid decline of threatened boreal caribou populations across the...
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Forest fires rage southwest of Temagami
Forest fires are threatening the northern Ontario community of Temagami 100 kilometres north of North Bay, forcing the evacuation of 20 homes and local provincial parks.The fire “kind of blew up fast,”...
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A gigantic trek: what it takes to move 200 elephants 1500 km
The translocation of wild animals is becoming an increasingly important conservation strategy and is happening more and more frequently around the world.The Australian Wildlife Conservancy has...
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Fighting historic wildfires amid bad ideas and no funding
Shortly after my book “Firestorm, How Wildfire Will Shape Our Future” was published in late 2017, I received a flurry of invitations to speak about the challenges of dealing with fires that are burning...
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How to protect your children from wildfire smoke
We’re very careful about what our kids eat, but what about the air they breathe?During recent summers, children living on the West Coast of Canada have been breathing some of the most polluted air on...
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Why there’s been a boom in discovering new species despite a biodiversity crisis
Something of a boom in the discovery of new species is taking place right now. It is so significant that some say it is similar to the period of the 18th and 19th centuries when European naturalists...
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On the Hunt for Narwhals
There was once an Inuit woman with long, luxurious hair who had a blind son. She was unkind and exploited her son’s blindness by taking the fruits of his labour. Her deceit and cruelty drove her son to...
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Biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate. Where do we go from here?
Human activity is changing the Earth’s landscape at unparalleled rates. According to a recent report from World Wildlife Fund, these changes have had devastating impacts on animal populations around...
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