When I sat down and put finger to keyboard (pen to paper for you older folks!), I planned to write about how birds in general find each...

I get both excited and saddened at this time of year. In the spring, I await the return of the birds and then all summer long I enjoy...

This has been an odd summer, as so many insects appear in perilously low numbers, while others appear in abundance. But why is it the...

As a naturalist I wonder about things, sometimes obvious things, sometimes odd things, but always interesting things. Today’s thought...

This year seems to be a good year for Gypsy Moths and a bad year for people who love their trees! Never seen one? This might be the best...

DAN CEARNS The Standard SCUGOG: Scugog author, and longtime nature columnist for The Standard, Geoff Carpentier has won the 2020 Carl...

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Wildlife live precarious lives that are wrought with good and bad events. Difficult migrations from their wintering grounds to the...

This is the time of year when almost every bird is nesting. Their frenzied activity ensures, in the tight window, when weather permits,...

As I sit and put finger to keyboard, it used to be pen to paper (LOL), I think back to an unexpected encounter I had the other night. My...

Annually, I do a Birdathon in support of projects designed to help or in some cases save Canadian birds. While this column today is a...

We see them everyday and essentially most people just ignore them. Hundreds of thousands of dead trees were created a few years ago when...

It’s hard to imagine spring is well underway as we look outside and feel the chill in the air. Just last week it snowed, AGAIN, and...

Well, times are certainly different now with the state the world is in. The hustle and bustle is replaced by a calming serenity that has...

The news is daily filled with stories about COVID-19, which are disrupting our lives and the economy. But is there anything good coming...

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As we look out our windows, it’s hard to imagine that spring is officially only about six weeks away. Will the snow and cold ever relent...

As Ontario continues to develop more and more land, not only does the extent of our forests get diminished, but also the quality. Long...

For the past 120 years, during approximately three weeks in late December and early January, millions of people have gotten up off their...

At this time of the year, once I reset my mind after celebrating the wonderful season of Christmas, with its remembrance of Christ, the...