Alas, my time here in Mauritius is coming to an end. This is definitely a bittersweet time for me. On one hand, I am excited to see family and friends back home and get started on the next phase of my journey towards becoming a conservation professional. On the other...
As Ontario’s only remaining venomous reptile, the massasauga rattlesnake has faced widespread persecution, despite the fact that it poses little threat to public safety. In First Nations traditions, the massasauga rattlesnake is the medicine keeper of the land...
Friday the 13th holds many superstitions and myths, but here are 13 true facts about endangered animals. Which ones were a surprise for you? #1. The Eastern loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) has figured out a way to broaden their meal options to include...
How does one put together a successful conservation program? It’s not easy, but it can and has been done. Although there is not one simple recipe, time and experience over several decades of successful and failed programs have shown that certain ingredients are...
The final summer month at the Carden, Ontario, release site has flown by, and now our juvenile eastern loggerhead shrike are flying south for their overwintering grounds. A few of the shrikes we released this month are already very familiar with the south,...
If you’ve been following my journey in Mauritius from the beginning of my adventures as a Canada’s New Noah (or if you know me personally), you’ll know that I am incredibly passionate when it comes to science and nature. One of the reasons that this...
August has been an exciting month on the snake project portion of the Lake Erie Wetlands Wildlife program although we didn’t encounter many new eastern foxsnakes and there have been fewer sightings reported by visitors to Rondeau Provincial Park. Snake activity...
Our first western painted turtles hatched in the specially designed incubators here at the Greater Vancouver Zoo on July 24th and we now have a whopping 80 little hatchlings kickin’ it in the barn as part of the Fraser Valley Wetlands Wildlife program to save...
