What’s the most Canadian animal?

with Hannah McCurdy-Adams

Recorded November 2024

Watch Hannah McCurdy-Adams’ recent interview with CTV Your Morning, where the host has given us a new way to describe mudpuppies – Canada’s most unique underwater dragons! As WPC’s Reptile and Amphibian Program Development Coordinator, and recent co-author  of Evolutionary isolation of Canadian terrestrial vertebrate species, she dives into the latest research on the evolutionary distinctiveness of Canada’s animals and what surprising results they received. Researchers looked at birds, mammals, amphibians, turtles, and the group of reptiles that includes snakes and lizards (Read more here).

You can learn more about WPC’s Reptile & Amphibian Recovery Programs here.

Kominek, E., Cornies, O., McCurdy-Adams, H., and A.O. Mooers. 2023 [2024]. Evolutionary isolation of Canadian terrestrial vertebrate species. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 137:367-380.⁠

Video recording courtesy of CTV Your Morning, recorded November 7, 2024.

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