![Western Toad](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-12/western%20toad%20header.jpg?itok=uc2qWrjt)
Frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts, oh my!
Backgrounders
Learn about amphibians, their life in the coastal temperate rainforest biome, and how you can help them out!
![Image of a tide pool](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/tide-pool.jpg?itok=68D9zjuV)
Diversity of Canada’s Marine Coastal Habitats
Backgrounders
Learn about the plants and animals in Canada’s marine coastal habitats, and what you can do to protect them.
![Red jellyfish](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-12/red_jellyfish.jpg?itok=DSV9jFPU)
Life in the Deep Sea
Backgrounders
Learn about the unique creatures that live in deep sea ecosystems.
![Aerial view of a wetland](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-12/aerial-view-of-wetland.jpg?itok=10Pw8Qca)
Introduction to Freshwater Wetlands
Backgrounders
Learn about the geology, chemistry and ecology of freshwater wetlands.
![Eric with hula hoop](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-09/Eric_with_hula_hoop_1.jpg?itok=ZdQIrUoF)
ScienceXplosion - The Circle of Life
Interactives
In this episode, Eric uses a hula-hoop to count and catalog all the creatures he finds in that space! Biodiversity represents the variety of living things in any ecosystem - including in your own backyard!
![Dense tropical rainforest](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/tropical-dense-cloud-forest-coverd-in-fog.jpg?itok=hZ-ak9O8)
Tropical Rainforest Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of tropical rainforest biome.
![African savanna](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/African_savanna.jpg?itok=47nbBHlh)
Savanna Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the savanna biome.
![Monument Valley, Arizona](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/Monument_valley.jpg?itok=OVV6_Owd)
Desert Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the desert biome.
![Wild elk in boreal forest, Banff National Park](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/wild-elk-banff.jpg?itok=3aL59Nl5)
Boreal Forest/Taiga Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the boreal forest/Taiga biome and meet Anne-Claude Pépin who is a fire management technician.
![Frobisher Bay near Baffin Island](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-02/arctic-in-spring-baffin-island.jpg?itok=4FtztWsL)
Arctic Tundra Biome
Backgrounders
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the arctic tundra biome.
![Dragonfly](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-11/What_is_an_insect.jpg?itok=JKD6nofn)
What is an Insect?
Interactives
The What is an Insect? e-book explores the amazing world of insects while showing the characteristics and diversity of insects.
![guppies](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-09/Guppies_0.jpg?itok=GxqR4Z2f)
Why are Guppies so Diverse?
STEM Explained
Different members of a species can have different traits. You can see this in a species found at your local pet store - guppies!
![Red Onion, Parsnips, Lettuce Red Onion, Parsnips, Lettuce](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/ropl.jpg?itok=v3BvJdhW)
Vegetables
Picture Collections
14 images of some plants such as carrots, cabbage and leeks whose roots, stems or leaves are used for food
![Iguana Iguana](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/photo-1428542244207-0aaec316e609.jpg?itok=b0mH_hlU)
Reptiles
Picture Collections
10 images of some cold-blooded vertebrates such as snakes, lizards and alligators typically having dry, scaly skin
![various marine microorganisms as they appear under a microscope](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-09/marine_microorganisms.jpg?itok=MgdaDkhz)
Marine Microbiology: Meet the Microbes of the Sea!
STEM Explained
The ocean is full of very small but very useful creatures called microbes. Without them, none of the sea plants or animals you’ve seen would exist!