European Mantis, 2020 (Marina Sokol)
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Hi Junior Naturalists, Thanks to everybody who contributed photos for this week’s slide show. Cool that we are continuing to see lots of fungi and insects as the fall progresses. Read More
Thanks to everyone who shared their observations with us this week. Hope you are having fun walks to school, recesses and outdoor time after school!! Nature is with us, in Read More
Hello Junior Naturalist Friends, What an exciting week you all had in Toronto, Uxbridge, the Grand River and Algonquin Park!! We continued to experience our fellow creatures–on lakes, in forests, Read More
Hello Junior Naturalists! This week’s theme is lakes! There are different types of lake habitats, all of which are important to sustaining aquatic plant and animal diversity. Canada has the Read More
Hello Junior Naturalists! This week’s theme is forests! We are very lucky to live in a city with a large urban forest. Toronto’s tree canopy covers about 28% of the Read More
Hello Junior Naturalists! This week’s theme is meadows! A meadow is an open area that is dominated by herbaceous plants like grasses and wildflowers. Meadow habitats provide shelter, water and Read More
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
Hello Junior Naturalists. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the TFN Juniors slideshow this week. We always enjoy sharing the adventures everyone has been on this week. What a surprise Read More
Lydia Wong, a PhD student from the University of Ottawa is hoping to launch a project to explore the impacts of a warming and drying climate on pollinator populations, specifically bees. If you Read More
The Ontario government plans to open habitat of endangered and threatened species to destructive aggregate extractions in the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GCH). Ontario Nature has uncovered this change (hidden in Read More
Toronto Field Naturalists wishes to acknowledge this Land through which we walk. For thousands of years, the Land has been shared by the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe. Toronto is situated on the Land within the Toronto Purchase, Treaty 13, the traditional and treaty Lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This territory is also part of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum, a covenant agreement between Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Wendat peoples and allied nations to peaceably share the land and all its resources. Today, the Land is home to peoples of numerous nations. We are all grateful to have the opportunity to continue to care for and share the beauty of this Land.