A surprise encounter with a family of American black bears in Ontario turned out to be a heartwarming reminder that forested ...

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is reimagining the use of technology to address current and future conservation ...

What does it look like? Snowshoe hares are named for their large hind feet, which, like snowshoes, allow them to stay on top of the snow during Canadian winters. The fur of snowshoe hares varies in ...

We will be manually removing invasive plant species and garbage that are threatening the sensitive ecosystem at Gillies Grove Nature Reserve. Many of these invasive species, including periwinkle, lily ...

I’m Evan Woelk Balzer. If you were to visit southern Manitoba a couple hundred years ago, you probably wouldn’t recognize it. In those days, millions of plains bison grazed here, migrating slowly ...

The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Conservation Volunteers program engages people of all ages in the protection of our country's species and natural habitats. It provides a meaningful, hands-on ...

What does it look like? A medium-sized butterfly of the skipper family, this species has a wingspan between 20 and 30 millimetres and a dark grey/brown body. It has yellow-brown spots on its hind ...

What does it look like? The pink lady’s-slipper, or moccasin flower, is a perennial orchid. Its name comes from its pink, hollow, pouch-shaped flower, which looks like a slipper. Across its range, ...

Most places under NCC's care welcome visitors. Please check site-specific pages on this website for access information and any special restrictions. Darkwoods has a long history of use by local ...

Mark Stabb is the Nature Conservancy of Canada's (NCC's) program director for Central Ontario – East and oversees conservation projects across the Rice Lake Plains on the Oak Ridges Moraine, on the ...