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World Oceans Day 2020: Celebrating our wins!

Canada is truly an ocean nation. With the longest coastline in the world, bordering the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans, it’s no wonder that Canada proposed celebrating World Oceans Day back in 1992. It... Read More
Canada is truly an ocean nation. With the longest coastline in the world, bordering the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific...
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Your Father’s Day gift guide is here

Just like in the animal kingdom, no two dads are alike (aside from being notoriously hard to shop for). This Father’s Day honour the incredible dads and father-figures in your life with a meaningful... Read More
Just like in the animal kingdom, no two dads are alike (aside from being notoriously hard to shop for)....
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Q&A: Nature, coronavirus and lessons learned

The coronavirus crisis has left us all with a lot of questions. Thankfully, we work with scientists. So we spoke to James Snider, WWF-Canada’s vice-president of Science, Research and Innovation, to find out some... Read More
The coronavirus crisis has left us all with a lot of questions. Thankfully, we work with scientists. So we...
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Conservation in the time of coronavirus

Conservation isn’t exactly an indoor activity — though much of our work, especially data analysis and our Science, Research and Innovation team’s research like the Wildlife Protection Assessment, Living Planet Report Canada and our in-progress national... Read More
Conservation isn’t exactly an indoor activity — though much of our work, especially data analysis and our Science, Research and...
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Grey water dumping threatens ocean health and people

Chronic industrial pollution and climate change are transforming our oceans and helping drive a global biodiversity crisis. Among the many sources of ocean pollution, none are as prevalent — or as solvable — as “grey water” from ships. It’s a... Read More
Chronic industrial pollution and climate change are transforming our oceans and helping drive a global biodiversity crisis. Among the many...
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Eastern comma butterfly rests on top of leaf litter.

11 native Canadian species that signal springtime

From the sweet melody of the song sparrow to the emergence of groundhogs from their burrows, one of the most exciting parts of the spring season is watching the natural world reawaken and blossom... Read More
From the sweet melody of the song sparrow to the emergence of groundhogs from their burrows, one of the...
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So you’ve always wanted to become a citizen scientist?

Now’s the time to brush up on wildlife in your neighbourhood — from home! Trying to maintain a connection to nature while spending most of our time indoors can be difficult. By becoming a... Read More
Now’s the time to brush up on wildlife in your neighbourhood — from home! Trying to maintain a connection...
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How nature restoration helps reduce rising flood waters

It’s flood season again. Simon Mitchell, WWF-Canada’s Freshwater Lead Specialist, lives steps away from the Saint John River in New Brunswick, so we asked him how our restoration work can help provide nature-based solutions to this... Read More
It’s flood season again. Simon Mitchell, WWF-Canada’s Freshwater Lead Specialist, lives steps away from the Saint John River in...
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Things to do in our new (virtual) reality

It’s easy to start feeling disconnected from nature while self-isolating at home. Our scientists miss doing research in the field and we all can’t wait to get back to tackling environmental issues alongside our... Read More
It’s easy to start feeling disconnected from nature while self-isolating at home. Our scientists miss doing research in the...
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Two narwhal crossing tusks at sunset near Baffin Island, Nunavut

Growing up with narwhal

“I was nine-years-old when I saw my first narwhal,” Max Kalluk, now 33, tells Brandon Laforest, WWF-Canada’s Arctic species specialist. It wasn’t just one, though. “Hundreds of pods of narwhal came to town,” he... Read More
“I was nine-years-old when I saw my first narwhal,” Max Kalluk, now 33, tells Brandon Laforest, WWF-Canada’s Arctic species...
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We are living in a potentially transformative moment

Fifty years ago today, not long after WWF-Canada was founded, environmentalists took to the streets to celebrate the first Earth Day. The demonstrations went global 20 years later, inspiring a new generation. This year’s... Read More
Fifty years ago today, not long after WWF-Canada was founded, environmentalists took to the streets to celebrate the first...
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Five things Tiger King doesn’t explain about captive tigers

Tiger King, Netflix’s new docuseries, is roaring with popularity. But behind the human melodrama, there is a frightful truth: tigers in captivity are a significant conservation issue that could impact the survival of this... Read More
Tiger King, Netflix’s new docuseries, is roaring with popularity. But behind the human melodrama, there is a frightful truth:...
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