Unit 1: Ecosystem Interactions and Population Dynamics

Learn about the unique partnership between plants and fungi.

Learn about the math behind networks and where we find networks in the natural and technological world.

Learn why coyotes are spreading in Canada and how this affects their relations with humans.

Discover a set of resources designed to give you good background knowledge on all things Great Lakes!

Learn about the plants and animals in Canada’s marine coastal habitats, and what you can do to protect them.

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

Insects and other animals that are pollinators of plants play an important role in ecosystems.

If I asked you to name a few things that all life on the planet couldn’t live without you could probably come up with some good answers, but I bet you’d never think to say dirt.

Mussels are a kind of invertebrate that filter food out of the water they live in. This makes them a great tool for monitoring environmental water quality and tracking bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs.

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

When a species ends up outside of its natural zone, the consequences on other species, ecosystems and human industries can be severe. Climate change and human activities can introduce species into new zones.

How do different populations adapt to their environment? Let’s explore this concept through guppy speciation.