extinction Archives - Cottage Life

Three woodland caribou standing in a small body of water in a forest

Caribou in Ontario and Alberta are disappearing—and experts blame the provinces

Outdoors

The (sometimes controversial) reintroduction of 8 Canadian wildlife species

Outdoors

Why passenger pigeons went extinct a century ago

Outdoors

Wild Profile: Meet the mountain bluebird

Outdoors

A russet-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus coronatus elatus), one of the birds with a steep decline in population at the top of the Peruvian Andes.

Why disappearing birds in Peru matters to you

Outdoors

Sudan the white rhino in a field

World’s last male white rhino dies

General

Close-up of the now extinct Eastern cougar at nighttime.

Eastern cougar no longer needs protection, declared extinct

General

Black, wild horse standing in water around Sable Island, Nova Scotia.

The wild, wild horses of Sable Island could face extinction

Outdoors

A snapping turtle on a dirt pathway surrounded by trees.

Snapping turtles in danger

General