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The Parry Sound 33 wildfire that swept through a large windfarm in 2018 near highway 69 and the shores of Georgian Bay created an important opportunity for Aidan Maloney, currently the lead species at risk biologist, Wasauksing First Nation. He recently told members of the Parry Sound Nature Club that he was able to research how frogs and snakes, species already facing global decline, survive on a site uniquely affected by wildfire as well as the construction and maintenance

The mighty cougar is the largest wild cat in North America, and among its most elusive predators, Alex Heffernan recently told the Parry...

It’s intuitively obvious that modern infrastructure development affects local ecosystems. This is now supported by Georgian Bay...

Until recently, not a lot of information was known about local wolves and coyotes. Biologist Steven Kell and his research team with...

Local naturalist Diana Clements recently wowed members of the Parry Sound Nature Club with the wealth of knowledge to be gained from...

Imagine a small crescent-shaped sandbar of an island in the Atlantic, almost 200 km east of Nova Scotia. And then picture, on that...

Bees, wasps and hornets are just protecting themselves Before getting into the stinging details on bugs, beekeeper Mark Speller, co-owner...

You’re in good company: ants live all over the world Few in Parry Sound are more enthusiastic about the humble ant than Rob Wilson, an...

Georgian Bay Biosphere thinks outside the shell Members of the Parry Sound Nature Club were recently inspired by Tianna Burke’s ...

“Gardening with native plants is an easy way to combine enjoyment of the outdoors with a commitment to the environment,” Paul Heydon,...

In March, the Parry Sound Nature Club welcomed Dr. Jennifer Doubt, Curator of Botany at the Canadian Museum of Nature’s National...

Dr. Neil Gray recently dazzled members of The Parry Sound Nature Club with his up-close-and-personal photographs of the 47 species of...

Parry Sound Nature Club presenter explains bird migration. When David Bree, naturalist and former natural heritage leader at Ontario’s...

Ever since the 1950s, Canada has been adding about five to seven million tonnes of salt annually to our roads, parking lots, driveways...

By Helen Kohl Unlike most Georgian Bay inhabitants, Dr. Jeff Bowman frequently spots lynx and bobcat in the wild. Every winter, he and a...

To help us all celebrate National Indigenous History Month, Georgian Bay Anishinaabek Youth co-founders Dawson Bloor and Taylor Judge...

Before acid rain fell, central Ontario’s soils and waters got enough calcium—a mineral essential to life—to keep their vegetation and...

Ontario’s turtles, so fond of sunbathing in summer, are also well-equipped to survive our freezing winters. When the temperature drops,...

February's presentation took viewers North to the wilderness park few people see. Wabakimi Provincial Park is Ontario’s ultimate remote...