![Winter in the woods](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2023-12/winterinthewoods%20no%20text.jpg?itok=yyk4SENY)
Winter in the Woods Interactive
Interactives
Click around the interactive image below to learn more about animals that hibernate in Canadian winters.
![Winston Campeau headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2023-02/Winston%20Campeau.jpg?itok=dYTHu54J)
Winston Campeau
Career Profiles
Researcher - Evolutionary Processes
![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!
![Coyote walking through a park in Quebec](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-09/coyote-in-omega-park-quebec.jpg?itok=7lPI0Uy_)
Coyotes: Coming to a town near you?
STEM Explained
Learn why coyotes are spreading in Canada and how this affects their relations with humans.
![Yellow fever virus](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-08/yellow-fever-virus.jpg?itok=8JWqnEM5)
Where Did Viruses Come From?
STEM Explained
Viruses are not living things - so where did they come from? Scientists have proposed three different hypotheses.
![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.
![Kara Layton sous l'eau en habit de plongée sous-marine](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-01/Kara%20Layton.jpg?itok=CQIT6mnu)
Kara Layton
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Variety of plant groups in Banff National Park, Alberta](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-01/plant_taxonomy_banff.jpg?itok=xQe0JVAi)
Plant Taxonomy
Backgrounders
Learn about the categories, or phylum, of the plant kingdom with examples from each.
![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!
![fossil plants and animals](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2019-09/fossil_plants_and_animals.jpg?itok=jdZrg_LM)
Why Scientists Believe in Evolution
STEM Explained
Scientists have accumulated so much evidence in the theory of evolution that it is one of the most widely-accepted theories in science.
![Arctic pack ice](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-03/arctic_ice_pack.jpg?itok=-rJJdc-Q)
Why Don't Fish Freeze in Cold Arctic Waters?
STEM Explained
Ever wonder how fish survive in the cold waters of the Arctic and Antarctic? It’s partly because of a brilliant evolutionary adaptation.