


Boreal Forest/Taiga Biome
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.

Desert Biome
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the desert biome.

Frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts, oh my!
Learn about amphibians, their life in the coastal temperate rainforest biome, and how you can help them out!

Tropical Rainforest Biome
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of tropical rainforest biome.

Savanna Biome
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the savanna biome.

Coyotes: Coming to a town near you?
Learn why coyotes are spreading in Canada and how this affects their relations with humans.

Where Did Viruses Come From?
Viruses are not living things - so where did they come from? Scientists have proposed three different hypotheses.

Arctic Tundra Biome
Learn about the location, plants, animals, human impacts and conservation of the arctic tundra biome.

Kara Layton
Postdoctoral Fellow

Why Don't Fish Freeze in Cold Arctic Waters?
Ever wonder how fish survive in the cold waters of the Arctic and Antarctic? It’s partly because of a brilliant evolutionary adaptation.

Why Scientists Believe in Evolution
Scientists have accumulated so much evidence in the theory of evolution that it is one of the most widely-accepted theories in science.

Why are Guppies so Diverse?
Different members of a species can have different traits. You can see this in a species found at your local pet store - guppies!

What's in a Rainbow?
Rainbows are beautiful examples of optics in nature. We see them thanks to the reflection and refraction of visible light and water.

Natural Selection in Your Backyard
A study on bird feeders and beak sizes shows how an everyday human activity can affect the evolution of another species.