Vanishing lichens a sign rare B.C. rainforest is approaching ecological collapse
Lichens are a canary in the coal mine for the inland temperate rainforest and their...
More than 5,000 wild species are at some risk of extinction in Canada
The most comprehensive assessment yet of wild species in Canada shows a pressing need for...
The federal government is less likely to protect an at-risk fish if people like to eat it
When a fish is listed under the species at risk registry, federal protection measures kick...
BC Timber Sales plans to log old-growth rainforest, home to endangered caribou herd
The B.C. government has spent millions in efforts to save the imperilled herd, even as...
Canada is hosting the largest biodiversity conference in the world. Here’s what’s at stake
Thousands of people are converging on Montreal for the United Nations’ biodiversity conference, the world’s...
A new generation of citizen scientists welcome Pacific herring back home
Herring all but disappeared from the shorelines around Sḵwx̱wú7mesh homelands in the past. Now volunteers...
13 going on 30 at COP15
The Seal River Watershed Alliance in northern Manitoba is the latest example of the rise...
‘Huge legal gaps’ are driving B.C. species to extinction, conservation groups say
The B.C. NDP campaigned on protecting species at risk. Years later, the province still doesn’t...
COP15 is Canada’s chance to set the agenda on the global biodiversity crisis
With a rapidly changing climate and a biodiversity crisis, progress cannot come fast enough. Canada...
