conservation

When scientists discovered polar bear populations were dropping rapidly, they created a framework to understand what is standing in the way of the species’ survival.

The recent shooting death of two grizzly cubs who spent the summer roaming the farm fields and forests of a rural valley, about 150 kilometers north of Vancouver, B.C., has exposed the "huge gaps" that remain in the province's efforts to help bears and humans co-exist, conservationists say.

The prospective conservation area would stretch down the western edge of Hudson Bay on Manitoba’s Arctic coastline, producing an increase in resources, regulations and support to ensure a healthy coast in the sensitive low-arctic waters. Churchill, along with several First Nations, will decide the project's fate, government officials and environmental campaigners told Canada’s National Observer.

Nearly $90 million in federal funding for a slew of nature conservation projects intended to reverse Canada’s biodiversity loss and protect more land and waters was announced Thursday.

I do not think that saving caribou is worth the slaughter of thousands of wolves.

Dozens of scientific experts and scores of students clambered over rocks and under logs, squelched in mud and tidal pools and dove into frigid water in a race to discover, photograph, collect and document thousands of species during the recent Quadra Island BioBlitz.

“The Manitoba government is paying a company to bulldoze a provincial park and bulldoze boreal caribou habitat,” said Eric Reder, director of The Wilderness Committee’s Manitoba field office.

The dreaded arrival of chronic wasting disease in B.C. requires a big cash injection and rapid action by the province for any hope of stemming a widespread plague, say wildlife experts. 

The peatlands in the Ring of Fire mining region alone store about two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gases.

Researchers say better representation could elicit interest in lesser-known organisms and help conservation efforts.

On the eve of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Ottawa announced an expansion to the Indigenous Guardians program, which funds moccasins on the ground to support Indigenous-led conservation efforts and environmental monitoring through a First Nations lens.

Inuit-led conservation received a boost on Wednesday, with the federal government announcing about $3 million towards programs that will fund data collection efforts on how climate change is affecting land, water and sea ice.

An enormous old-growth cedar tree has been identified in Vancouver Island’s Clayoquot Sound, possibly dating back over a millennium.

Canada's parks are growing ever more crowded, upsetting the balance between conservation and recreation.

Canada is promising to establish 10 new Indigenous-led federal marine protected areas as IMPAC5, a global summit on ocean conservation, kicks off Friday in Vancouver.