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A study, carried out by Dr. David Schindler and several of his colleagues from the University of Alberta, found high levels of mercury, lead and arsenic in the Athabasca River. Their findings challenge data found in government reports and are an indication that the tar sands industry has had a significant impact on the Athabasca River. Local fishermen have realized that migratory species such as d...

Photo: Lynn Pady, TorontoHow many of us have discovered a new species just while commuting to work? Well, this guy has:A York University doctoral student who discovered a new species of bee on his way to the lab one morning has completed a study that examines 84 species of sweat bees in Canada. Nineteen of these species – including the one Jason Gibbs found in downtown Toronto − are new to sc...

UntitledPhoto by Jan JansinskiJan Jasinski, winner in the photography category of the Robert Bateman Get to Know Contest, is a 7th grader from Sherbrooke, Quebec. He has been interested in photography for the past three years and especially loves taking pictures of aircrafts! He always has his camera at the ready whenever anything interesting crosses his lens. Although his hobby takes patience, he...

Hello Readers,This week I'd like to focus on a couple of indirect ways in which my wife and I are trying to forge our daughter's connection to nature as she grows.The idea for this post started as I was looking at my daughter's growing book collection. Yes, that's right, she's not even 7 weeks old and we already have tonnes of books. And tonnes of music - but that'll be a later installment in this...

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We learned in May that the 2010 Biodiversity Target, to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss, had been missed.World leaders are going to meet again in Nagoya, Japan this October and hopefully adopt a new ambitious target for 2020 and a longer-term vision for 2050. Many are skeptical of the new plans and want to see more action and less paper and ink.The ...

I have always been a fan of Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds, who is best known for feature roles in movies such as Van Wilder, Definitely Maybe, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and many others. Oh, and did I mention he was named one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive in 2008 and 2009? Well now I have one more reason to adore him (aside from his notorious six pack). Ryan is an advocate for clean energy a...

A new study carried out by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts, US, published in the journal Science, has revealed that there is a plume of crude-oil based chemicals that extends 35km from the spill site, is 200m high and 2km wide. Apparently, the plume represents a relatively small amount (0.1%) of the total oil spilled when the BP Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in Ap...

RuiLin Guo’s poem, Against All Odds, is one of twelve winning entries in the writing category of the 2010 Get to Know Contest. Ruilin is a 10th grade student living in beautiful Barrie, Ontario. She loves art, poetry, reading, and nature, as well as figure skating and badminton. This calm perfectionist is also an avid birdwatcher and wants to change the world!Here is an excerpt of Ruilin’s winning...

Hello again, Readers! Has it already been one week since the first Raising a Green Fledgling post? Sorry for the delay, but things have been busy at Nature Canada - and at home - lately!As promised, this second part in the series will describe what my wife and I - the "we" in this series - did to create a healthy, harmful chemical-free environment for our baby prior to her arrival, in three steps*...