endangered species

Ottawa has “abandoned” endangered salmon and steelhead trout despite its biodiversity promises, a coalition of B.C. environmental groups allege.

We need a watershed moment, one that galvanizes global action to protect nature, write Sandra Schwartz and Shawn McCarthy.

At least 2,253 species are at risk of being wiped out, according to a comprehensive new report on the status of wild plants, animals, insects and fungi in Canada.

The birds featured in March of the Penguins film face almost complete annihilation by the end of the century as Antarctic sea ice is lost.

The federal government has outlined a strategy to try to protect an endangered species of whale while also developing offshore wind power off the East Coast.

Thousand Islands National Park has become a Parks Canada battleground in its fight to protect one of Canada’s largest snakes. 

Once-in-a-decade plans to protect the natural world and halt its destruction will be decided in Montreal in December.

The federal government is putting $3.1 million into projects aimed at reducing underwater noise from vessels to protect marine mammals like southern resident killer whales.

The monarch butterfly is just the latest to be added to a growing group of wild species found in Canada that are at risk of disappearing forever. 

If what doesn’t kill you truly makes you stronger, then Titan is the strongest turtle in the ocean.

The man appointed to lead Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry last week is facing accusations he violated the province's endangered species law.

Is it possible that we are adversely affected by the loss of species, the polluting of pristine watersheds and the elimination of wildlife habitat?

The proposed law will prevent big game hunters from bringing home body parts of 7,000 species including lions, rhinos, elephants and polar bears.

A rare species of lichen recently discovered around Fairy Creek could hold keys to stopping old-growth logging in the area — and show us how nature creates wet zones that halt wildfires.

It’s a case of climb every mountain, ford every stream in the search for the endangered, timid, plush Vancouver Island Marmot — even if that involves lugging gear and scrambling alpine slopes for a sighting.