Mysterious orcas visit Vancouver’s harbour: A rare moment for biodiversity research in Canada
A mysterious trio of orcas spotted in Vancouver’s harbour is offering scientists new insights into ecosystem conditions in the Salish Sea...
Habitat
Shifting seasons: How climate change is affecting plants and ecosystems
Canada is experiencing shifting weather patterns and accelerating biodiversity loss, and even small signs like early blooms, reflect deeper environmental change. Plants are responding to the changes, reshaping the natural rhythms that sustain our landscapes and communities....
The gap between political promises and reality: The state of B.C’s old-growth forests
A new report commissioned by the Sierra Club BC, highlights how decades of logging, wildfires, and ineffective old-growth deferrals have left the British Columbia's primary forests fragmented and vulnerable. ...
Sea Stars and Coastal Ecology: A steps towards biodiversity recovery
Sea stars along B.C.’s coast are showing signs of recovery after a decade of devastating losses from sea star wasting disease. Scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding the disease, offering hope for the restoration of these vital marine predators and the ecosystems they help maintain....
Vancouver’s Crow Roost: A spectacle of urban ecology
Every evening in Vancouver, thousands of crows fill sky in a hauntingly beautiful ritual. From every corner of the city they converge into restless black clouds, flying eastward toward a communal roost. What at first feels apocalyptic, reveals itself as one of the city’s most remarkable natural spectacles and serves as a reminder that even in dense urban cities, nature continues to adapt, thrive, and surprise us....
Connecting Canada’s Landscapes: Connectivity identified as Key to Biodiversity Recovery
In February 2019, we introduced our Biodiversity Action Agenda, developed from insights gathered during a four-part national conversation series on biodiversity conservation. A key theme that emerged from these discussions was the critical role of landscape connectivity....
Ontario’s Mining Bill Threatens Biodiversity
Ontario’s proposed mining bill threatens to undo decades of conservation work. The Toronto Zoo warns that species like the Blanding’s turtle could face extinction if vital habitat protections are removed. With biodiversity at risk, scientists and conservationists are urging stronger safeguards before it’s too late....
Nature-Based Solutions in Action
How Vancouver’s St. George Rainway uses a bioswale to manage stormwater, support biodiversity, and reconnect critical ecological corridors through innovative green infrastructure design....
How to Garden for Biodiversity this Spring
Easy and impactful ways to create a habitat garden this spring with simple tips like leaving plant litter, letting logs lie, and embracing native plants, to boost biodiversity. ...
Building Bird-Safe Cities
How Toronto Metropolitan University's Ecological Design Lab's Bird-Safe City project is at the forefront of creating impactful, place-based design solutions for the wildlife in our cities, tackling the biodiversity crisis....
Human activity driving biodiversity loss across all species and ecosystems
A review of over 2,000 studies confirms that human activity is the leading cause of widespread biodiversity loss across all of Earth's species....
Why Naturalize?
At a time where habitat destruction is cited as the primary cause of global biodiversity decline, it’s worth asking: why settle for a landscape that contributes so little to the environment?...