Featured research
Featured research stories are from Land Lines, the Nature Conservancy of Canada blog.
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World Habitat Day 2021: There is no protected habitat too small to benefit biodiversity
October 4 is World Habitat Day, and it's followed by Urban October, a month that encourages us to reflect on the state of our towns and citiesRead more »
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Discoveries in little-known fungi: Adventures in looking at lichens
Five lichenicolous fungi in the genus Opegrapha have been reported for the first time in New Brunswick, including two species new to science!Read more »
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What will we save? The conservation decisions we make today will impact Canada’s wildlife forever
How do conservationists decide what areas to conserve? A tool called the Conservation Assessment of Southern Canada can help practitioners...Read more »
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Bluebirds of frustration and happiness
The trials and tribulations of a researcher's attempts to catch bluebirds in the Okanagan, for science.Read more »
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Whitebark pine research in the Darkwoods Conservation Area
In Canada, whitebark pine is federally listed as endangered under the Species at Risk Act. How does remote sensing help distinguish whitebark...Read more »
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How do you solve a problem like migration?
For many years, the only approach was to mark animals with bands or tags in the hopes of re-sighting them somewhere else. But the sheer number...Read more »
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Using migration patterns to understand bird population declines
Learn about the migratory patterns of tree swallows and how this informs conservation efforts for this species.Read more »
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Don’t forget to brake for snakes
Stephanie Winston and her colleagues at BC’s Thompson Rivers University and Environment and Climate Change Canada have been studying roadkill...Read more »
