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Salamanders
by Dan Schneider and Peter Pautler Salamanders are perhaps the most elusive of the amphibians – they are rarely encountered after spring breeding – yet they outnumber all other vertebrates that...
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by Dan Schneider and Peter Pautler Fight or flight As a prey species, squirrels must be constantly vigilant. Leaping from tree to tree is one escape technique for tree squirrels, an ability most...
View ArticleField Trip: Coniferous trees
by Dan Schneider and Peter Pautler Confined, for the most part, to habitats shaped by cold, dry, windy climates, coniferous trees dominate the enormous northern boreal forest, a region that blankets 11...
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by Dan Scneider and Peter Pautler WEB MASTERS Spiders are master weavers and use their silk – which has greater tensile strength than steel and twice the elasticity of nylon – for various purposes: to...
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Butterfly and moth guide
Moths Luna Moth Polyphemus Moth Cecropia Moth Imperial Moth Ilia Underwing Moth Hummingbird Clearwing Five Spotted Hawk Moth Woolly Bear or Isabella Tiger Moth Virgin Tiger Moth Spotted Tussock Moth...
View ArticleField Trip: Poisonous plants
by Dan Scheider and Peter Pautler A terrible story in the Schneider household goes back to the 1800s. Two young boys, on their way to bring in the cows, mistook the roots of water hemlock for tasty...
View ArticleField Trip: Weasels
by Dan Schneider and Peter Pautler Sought after for their luxurious furs and entrenched in popular myth as killers and gluttons, weasels (of the family Mustelidae) are solitary creatures well adapted...
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Ontario’s bats
By Dan Schneider and Peter Pautler As the only flying mammals in the world, bats can make an impressive claim to fame. Eight species of these nocturnal creatures live in Ontario. Agile and predatory,...
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Ontario’s Woodpeckers
by Dan Schneider and Peter Pautler A t a press conference in Washington D.C. last April, the world learned that the ivory-billed woodpecker lives.This charismatic bird is not, to our amazement,...
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Dragonfly & Damselfly (Odonata) Guide
Damsel or Dragon? Dragonflies and damselflies are two related groups (suborders) that make up the insect order Odonata. Although very similar in many ways, they are also very easy to distinguish....
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Dragonfly and Damselfly Guide
DragonfliesCanada Darner | Fawn Darner | Green Darner | Lance-tipped Darner | Shadow Darner | Springtime Darner | Dragonhunter | Boreal Snaketail | Dusky Clubtail | Lilypad Clubtail | Arrowhead...
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Butterfly and Moth Guide
MothsLuna Moth | Polyphemus Moth | Cecropia Moth | Imperial Moth | Ilia Underwing Moth | Hummingbird Clearwing | Five Spotted Hawk Moth | Woolly Bear or Isabella Tiger Moth | Virgin Tiger Moth |...
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