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Invasive moth killing boxwood shrubs across Canada
The Weather Network via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoBoxwood has been a fan favourite of landscape and garden enthusiasts for decades. It is hearty, stays green all year, can be shaped in topiary or used as...
Shark Week: 'Great White North' explores possible great white shark hot spot in Nova Scotia
Yahoo News Canada· 3 weeks agoDiscovery's Shark Week features a captivating, shocking and breathtaking Canadian story with the...
Wild bees are under threat from domestic bees, invasive species, pathogens and climate change — but...
The Conversation Canada via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoWild bees face risks from domesticated bees, habitat loss, and climate change. Supporting bee...
Canada took on 45 countries in biodiversity challenge. See how we fared
The Weather Network via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoCanada put in a solid effort against 45 other countries in this year's City Nature Challenge, but it...
How to win a grand prize of $10,000 for hunting pythons in Florida
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoBurmese pythons were thought to have first entered Florida in the 1980s as pets.Miami Herald /...
Trees can't outrun climate change. Should humans give them a lift?
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoOne tree at a time, David Saville has made it his life's work to bring back West Virginia's red...
So many people have dumped their pet turtles that it's threatening B.C. species, says biologist
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoWhen biologist Aimee Mitchell began her tally of endangered coastal western painted turtles 15 years...
“Buy Local, Burn Local:” experts warn not to move firewood to prevent invasive species
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks agoAfter a population of the invasive emerald ash borer was found in Vancouver, invasive species experts are advising B.C. campers not to take firewood from park to park in an effort to avoid spreading ...
The emerald ash borer has arrived in B.C. — what can we do about it?
The Conversation Canada via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoThe emerald ash borer is a destructive invasive pest which has killed tens of millions of trees...
Endangered Species Act at 50 faces growing list of threats
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoThe Endangered Species Act enters its 51st year with many successes -- saving the whooping crane,...