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TFN Juniors Learning about Wetlands

Hello Junior Naturalists! This week’s theme is wetlands! Wetland habitats include swamps, marshes and bogs. These places are very important to humans and wildlife, even in big cities like Toronto. Read More

TFN Juniors Summer Drawing Adventures

Hello Junior Naturalists! Thanks to everyone who shared photos for this week’s blog. We continue to see interesting things in nature all around us. Please have a look at this Read More

Chalk writing on pavement identifying Queen Anne's Lace as an exotic species

Botanical Chalking

“Rebel botanists” are loose in our cities, wandering laneways and back alleys armed with pockets full of sidewalk chalk and keen identification skills. Their goal? To open people’s eyes to Read More

Two Spotted Bumblebees on Coneflower

TFN Juniors Summer Adventures with Bees

Hello Junior Naturalists! Thanks to everyone who shared Nature photos and observations this week! Please enjoy the lovely images in the slideshow below: Now you can challenge yourself by doing Read More

Silvery Blue Butterfly

Junior Naturalists still having fun!

Lockdown, physical distancing, and other pandemic-related rules & regulations upended virtually all of TFN’s various programs and initiatives, but few were hit quite as hard as our Junior Naturalists Program. Read More

2019 Youth Summit participants. Photo © Noah Cole

2020 Youth Summit Sponsorship Available

As in previous years, TFN will again be sponsoring students in the GTA to attend Ontario Nature’s annual Youth Summit for Biodiversity and Environmental Leadership – rebranded for 2020 as Read More

Motherwort

TFN Juniors Summer Pollination Adventures

Hello Junior Naturalists! Thanks to everyone who has been nature-watching this past week–even despite the extreme heat and thanks for sending in your pictures. Our challenge for this week was Read More