wildlife Archives - Cottage Life

Close up of a beaver in the water

The origins of 7 wildlife idioms

Outdoors

A hand removing a nest from a nest box using a trowel

Cottage Q&A: How to clean out a nest box

Outdoors

A portrait of a cougar in autumn

Is Ontario’s cougar population increasing?

Outdoors

A brown bear on the beach

Who won Fat Bear Week?

Outdoors

A long-tailed weasel in a field

How well do you know your weasels?

Outdoors

A gray treefrog against tree bark

Do you know the 4 strategies that wildlife uses to camouflage?

Outdoors

A wasp perched on a flower

11 key questions about wasps, answered

Outdoors

Close up of an Eastern painted turtle

New research sheds light on roads and turtle mortality

Outdoors

A white-tailed deer fawn in a field

It’s amazing! Why these Canadian animals are so resistant to disease

Outdoors

A Blanding's Turtle is basking in the sun on a floating, man made island in a pond. Greenbelt development

Documents reveal federal government has the power to block Ontario’s Greenbelt development plan

General

A brown creeper with its beak open on a tree

Can you guess the functions of these bird beak shapes?

Outdoors

giant water bug on a rock

Meet the giant water bug

Outdoors

5 Canadian creatures with amazing eyesight

Outdoors

How do I make my garden more pollinator-friendly?

Outdoors

Moose stands in lake in algonquin park

Up your wildlife photography game with these tips from a professional

General

illustration of bear and heron

Living with pests, big and small: A how-to guide for coexisting with common cottage invaders

General

Large snapping turtle chonkosaurus sits on large chain in river

Humongous snapping turtle, a.k.a. ‘Chonkosuarus,’ caught on camera by kayakers

General

A common grackle standing near water

Cottage Q&A: Dealing with problem grackles

Outdoors

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