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Unlikely animal pairings: Part two
![Brown-headed cowbird (Photo by David Dodd CC BY-NC)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/species/bird/brown-headed-cowbird-david-dodd-cc-by-nc-thumb.jpg)
Brown-headed cowbird (Photo by David Dodd CC BY-NC)
This is part two of a two-part series on unlikely animal pairings. Check out part one, the hunting partnership between an American badger and a coyote, here. Another unlikely animal partnership features a bird that is known to take advantage of...
Unlikely animal pairings: Part one
![Coyote (Photo by Paul Turbitt)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/species/mammal/coyote-paul-turbitt-thumb.jpg)
Coyote (Photo by Paul Turbitt)
Have you ever seen the internet stories entitled “unlikely animal friends”? Usually, they are stories about a dog and a cat that sleep together, but sometimes they are about more exotic couplings, like an ostrich and a giraffe, or a...
Paw in claw: Friendships in the wild
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A sea anemone hitching a ride on a hermit crab. (Photo from Wikimedia Commons)
Friendships are one of the most organic things that can happen between humans. An often magical thing, these bonds are strong and can last a lifetime. While these human connections are no doubt valuable, for animals, “friendships,”...
My fuzzy muse
![Virgin tiger moth (Photo by Nolie Schneider – CC 4.0 via iNaturalist)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/blog/virgin-tiger-moth-nolie-schneider-thumb.jpg)
Virgin tiger moth (Photo by Nolie Schneider – CC 4.0 via iNaturalist)
I used to think moths were ugly. Compared to their colourful, beloved cousins — butterflies — moths are hardly ever prized to win the blue ribbon at the beauty pageant. Often monotone, muted and furry — the latter of which makes...
The Wildflower Blog: Three favourite wildflowers to grow
![Bloodroot (Photo by Thomas Noland)](https://www.natureconservancy.ca/assets/images/blog/bloodroot-flower-thomas-noland-thumb.jpg)
Bloodroot (Photo by Thomas Noland)
Bloodroot, Dutchman's breeches and Virginia bluebells are three lovely spring-blooming wildflowers that are worthy of any flower garden, not just a wildflower garden. In my garden, its always a race between bloodroot and Dutchman's breeches for...
My best Canada's Parks Day wishes!
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Penouille Beach, Forillon National Park, QC (Photo by François Duclos/NCC staff)
It was summer of 1983, or maybe 1984. I was six or seven years old, and this is the earliest memory I have of a national park experience. I vividly remember standing in the cold waters of the Bay of Gaspé, with the water just above my...