ecology Archives - Cottage Life

Our lakes are changing, in ways scientists didn’t expect. What’s going on under the... surface?

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Aerial panoramic sunset sunrise scene at swamps and wetlands of Big Creek National Wildlife Area near Long Point Provincial Park, Lake Erie shore.

Biodiversity loss is threatening Canada’s wetlands; here’s why it matters

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Why wolves love trails (and caribou, not so much)

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Auke-Florian Hiemstra & Liselotte Rambonnet with perch entrapped in glove

Effects of COVID-19 litter on wildlife

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Coho Salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, aka Silver Salmon, Alsaka, United States

Study uncovers “smoking gun” in mass salmon die-offs

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blue-green algae, cyanobacteria by the shore

A deep dive on Lake Erie’s algae blooms

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Why passenger pigeons went extinct a century ago

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white pine on georgian bay

Which invasives threaten coniferous forests? Scientists can now predict

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Need help with a greening project?

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Common Loons

Loon reproduction is on the decline in Canada

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Two grizzly bears on a shore in the Great Bear Rainforest

The world’s most amazing old-growth forests

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Red and yellow sugar maple tree leaves.

Sugar maple trees showing mysterious decline in growth

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Swamp in Mashkinonje Provincial Park.

Hike Mashkinonje Provincial Park

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