Caroline M. Schultz

1 month ago | onnaturemagazine.com | Caroline M. Schultz |Brian Banks |Jade Prévost-Manuel |Conor Mihell

A Time of Change. By Caroline SchultzThe annual migration of common green darner dragonflies is less understood than that of monarch butterflies, but scientists are starting to discover just how epic these insects’ journeys are. By Brian BanksWith threats to forests multiplying, Ontario researchers are seeking ways to keep the woods resilient. Can forests adapt in time to stay ahead of climate change?

Nov 26, 2024 | onnaturemagazine.com | Caroline M. Schultz |Brian Banks |Ian Coutts |Julia Zarankin

All our relations. By Caroline SchultzThe environmental benefits of wind energy come with a significant downside: turbines kill wildlife, especially migratory bats. Solutions exist, if wind-farm operators choose to embrace them. By Brian BanksDam-building is how beavers engineer their own habitat, but their labours can cause trouble for their human neighbours. How can these species get along? By Ian CouttsBirds that stay in Ontario through the winter have adapted to cold temperatures in amazing ways.

Sep 6, 2024 | onnaturemagazine.com | Caroline M. Schultz |Celia Milne |Conor Mihell |Julia Zarankin

Time to pause and reflect. By Caroline SchultzThe endangered bogbean buckmoth canbe found today in only two places in Canada: two isolated fens in eastern Ontario. If those habitats disappear, so willthis beautiful moth. By Celia MilneThe community of Stittsville is fighting to preserve a collection of wetlands that new provincial regulations have stripped of protection. Leading the community is a former politician weathered by conservation wins and losses.

Jun 6, 2024 | onnaturemagazine.com | Caroline M. Schultz |Ian Coutts |Jade Prévost-Manuel |Conor Mihell

Farewell to Ontario Nature’s sage. By Caroline SchultzHydro power may be cleaner than energy from fossil fuels, but dams exact a high cost from river ecosystems. There are ways to minimize the damage if people are willing to think greener. By Ian CouttsFor the past six decades, common terns in Presqu’ile Provincial Park have been teetering on the brink of a colony collapse. Two scientists and the local community have given terns a second chance.

Mar 8, 2024 | onnaturemagazine.com | Caroline M. Schultz |Celia Milne |Conor Mihell |Ian Coutts

Diversifying the conservation movement. By Caroline SchultzA comprehensive guide to reptiles and amphibians in Ontario highlights profound threats to many of these creatures. Newly gathered data, however, can inform ways to help them survive. By Celia Milne Ontario’s alvars are biodiversity hot spots, but they are misunderstood, underappreciated and critically imperilled. By Conor MihellThe practice of forest therapy promises to help people put modern life on pause and reconnect with nature.