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Nature Canada: Roseate Tern
More research into the roseate tern needs to be undertaken as it is not clear where it spends the winter. The species is threatened in many areas around the world, largely due to an over-abundance of gulls that prey on them and take...
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Nature Canada: Species Spotlight: Eastern Cougar
A fact sheet giving information about the eastern cougar, an endangered species. It is not certain whether the eastern cougar still survives, as there have not been irrefutable sightings in the wild since the nineteenth century.
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Nature Canada: Species Spotlight: Porbeagle Shark
A fact sheet giving information about the endangered porbeagle shark, which inhabits the northwest Atlantic Ocean, in the St. Lawrence Seaway and the waters off Newfoundland. The conservation efforts being made to revive the population...
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Nature Canada: Species Spotlight: Wolverine, Eastern Population
The eastern Canada population of wolverines is endangered and may even be extirpated in many areas. Sightings are hard to confirm, as it closely resembles the fisher and the porcupine. Where it has possibly survived, it is hard to help...
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Nature Canada: Species Spotlight: Whooping Cranes
Although the whooping crane has survived for 3.5 million years, it has become endangered in the last few hundred due to human activities. At its lowest, there were only 15 on the whole planet. The number now stands at several hundred in...
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Nature Canada provides good information on many environmental issues affecting Canada. There are complete sections devoted to bird conservation, wilderness protection, endangered species and national parks.
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Nature Canada: How Is Climate Change Affecting Birds?
An in-depth look at how climate change is affecting Canadian birds. The site looks at how bird distribution, abundance, behavior, even genetic composition are all being altered due to climate change.
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Nature Canada: Climate Change Is Here.
A resource that looks at the causes and effects of climate change on the world-at-large. Find out how climate change affects animals like birds and the polar bear. The site also offers strategies for how we can reduce global warming...
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Northern Icon in Peril: Global Warming Threatens the World's Polar Bears
Did you know that Canada lists the polar bear as a, 'species of special concern.' This page provides a glimpse at how climate change is effecting polar bears in the Canadian Arctic. You will also find some basic polar bear facts: size,...
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Nature Canada: Canada's Boreal Forest
A look at Canada's Boreal Forest ecosystem. One of the largest ecosystems in the world, it provides abundant fresh water for North America and is home to many species of wildlife, for example, wolves and caribou. There is also discussion...
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Nature Canada: Suffield National Wildlife Area: Birds at Risk
Numerous unique species of birds that are under threat from human activities live in Suffield National Wildlife Area in Alberta. You can learn about some of these interesting creatures here, for example, owls, hawks, and a blackbird,...
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Nature Canada: Suffield National Wildlife Area: Amphibians at Risk
The Great Plains Toad and the Northern Leopard Frog live in Suffield National Wildlife Area in Alberta, among other areas. These are two Canadian amphibians whose wetlands habitats are increasingly threatened by human activities....
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Nature Canada: Suffield National Wildlife Area: Mammals at Risk
Ord's Kangaroo Rat and Western Harvest Mouse are two prairie mammals that are being affected by the erosion of their habitats. The proposed drilling of gas wells in Alberta and the loss of prairie grasslands to agriculture are factors...
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Nature Canada: Suffield National Wildlife Area: Plants at Risk
Suffield National Wildlife Area in Alberta is home to at least sixteen plant and animal species at risk. Several of the plants are described in detail here. Additional links provide more information.
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Nature Canada: Monarch Butterfly
This information page on the monarch butterfly tells where and when you can find one. Details about how to recognize one and its diet are also given.