Forging ahead by leading the way

#IndigenousReads and Conservation

Spotted: migrating shrike!

Confessions of a turtle conservation research assistant

Over one tonne of trash hauled from Ojibway Prairie during recent cleanup

Wanted, alive and well: shrikes!

How to help a butterfly

How Bumble Bee Watch supports conservation

What’s the buzz at WPC’s Bumble Bee Conservation Lab?

Breeding butterflies in BC

Saving an endangered butterfly

How to weigh an owl

URBAN VIPERS 2: Western rattlesnakes of Osoyoos, B.C.

WPC Cribs: Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Edition

Conservation planning works!

Stephanie Winton

Living the dream: top 5 perks of working in the field

Record-setting spring for Canada’s most endangered amphibian

Birding – nature’s treasure hunt

Happy World Migratory Bird Day 2021!

Booming year for frog eggs

Massasauga release sites receive passing grade from “inspector” snakes…again!

Butler’s Gartersnake

Similar in appearance to other Ontario snakes, the Butler's gartersnake is smaller in size and has a smaller range than other Ontario snake species. It's also unique in its diet and habitat.

Reinforcements have arrived!

Collaborating to save at risk snakes

Breeding season science

Every day is frog day!

A bumble bee’s journey

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Butcher of the Alvar – ON Nature Spring 2021

First nesting loggerhead shrikes in the conservation breeding program this season!

Canada’s New Noah, a (brief) reflection five years on

A progressive approach to conservation in Canada

Who is lurking in the turtle tubs?

The power of The Pinery

Where are shrikes spending their winter holidays?

Soaking it in

Have you heard?

Biologist Jonathan Choquette using a borescope camera and laptop to monitor gartersnakes hibernating in an artificial hibernaculum.

Hibernating snakes – Part 1

Bumble bee community science at The Pinery: Past, present and future

Saving the blue racer

Barb, the adorable loggerhead shrike species ambassador

Connectivity corridor analysis for Massasaugas at Ojibway Prairie (finally) published!

Do caterpillars wear toques?

Giving thanks for the little things – like baby turtles!

The Beauty of the Butterfly

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The Odd Couple: An Unlikely Relationship Between Snakes and Crayfish

I spy with my little eye, a loggerhead shrike!

I love Taylor’s checkerspot!

North American Congress for Conservation Biology

Racoon wrapped in a blanked in a box

When a common species needs help, what’s a conservationist to do?

Western Painted Turtle in the hands of a WPC employee.

Turtles play by their own rules

Gloved hand with many mosquitos on it.

A million mosquitoes bite in the night

Pollen and Bees Beelong Together

10 interesting facts about endangered species

Eastern loggerhead shrike on perched on a tree

2020 is a strange year for shrike too

Sweating (and appreciating) the small stuff

Major milestone in songbird recovery

Endangered Species Week – Oregon Spotted Frog

Taddle-Tales

Endangered Species Week – Western Painted Turtle

Endangered Species Week – Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly

Endangered Species Week – Loggerhead Shrike

Endangered Species Week – Yellow-banded Bumble Bee

Kicking off Endangered Species Week!

Happy World Migratory Bird Day 2020!

Happy World Migratory Bird Day 2020! Wildlife Preservation Canada wanted to take some time to make a small shoutout to one of their favourite local migrants, the loggerhead shrike! Read on to find out how work being done by the Loggerhead Shrike Recovery Team relates to this year's World Migratory Bird Day theme "Birds Connect Our World".

How Shrikes Grow

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