In The News: Endangered Species & Biodiversity

2019-09-20

Some good news: we look at why Canada's monarch butterfly numbers are on the up.

2019-09-18

9 U.S. environmental groups seeking ban

2019-09-04

Hundreds of at-risk baby turtles were incubated over the summer

2019-09-03

For years, fishermen off the U.S. east coast have faced tight restrictions on fishing gear and vessel speed restrictions to ensure their activities do not harm marine mammals, including the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

2019-08-29

“CWF’s Ottawa team collected and incubated over 600 Blanding’s, Northern Map and Snapping turtle eggs in the Ottawa area this year,” said Rick Bates, CEO. “The release of these hatchings back to the areas where they were found is part of CWF’s comprehensive turtle conservation program, which is also working to help mitigate the impact of road mortality on at-risk turtles in Eastern and Central Ontario. In road surveys conducted the last two years in the Ottawa-area, over 1,000 dead turtles were found. These included over 100 Blanding’s Turtles, a threatened species in Ontario.”

2019-08-26

Christina McGough from the Canadian Wildlife Federation joins Global News Morning Calgary to discuss the organization’s call for a national strategy to help pollinators thrive.

2019-08-25

Canadian Wildlife Federation, NPCA team up for special event

2019-08-22

Despite the attention paid to every death, we can’t figure out how to save right whales from our deadly waters.

2019-08-16

The two countries share hundreds of cross-border species at risk

2019-08-14

Have you ever described what you do at work and been asked: “Okay, but why?” I’ve encountered this fairly often when talking to friends and family about my work with the Turtle Team at the Canadian Wildlife Federation.