Featured research
Featured research stories are from Land Lines, the Nature Conservancy of Canada blog.
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Dr. Crayfish, I presume?
Meet a crayfish enthusiast and researcher who goes by the name Dr. Crayfish.Read more »
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Himalayan blackberry and English holly and Japanese knotweed…oh my!
Lynn Pinnell reports back from her independent research project on the occurrences of invasive species at NCC's Centre Creek property in...Read more »
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Manitoba's mystery stonefly
Everyone enjoys a good mystery, even entomologists. During the early years of teaching a course in aquatic entomology at the University of...Read more »
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Identifying bats by their distinctive voices
Having studied bats for more than a decade, I have been fortunate to be able talk to students in their classrooms while doing bat...Read more »
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Monarch butterfly habitat selection
Grace Pitman shares how monarchs select their habitat during the breeding season, as part of my graduate studies in ecology at the University...Read more »
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The rocky intertidal: Starring Pisaster ochraceus
Between ocean and land exists a remarkable place unlike any other in the world: the intertidal zone, where marine ecosystems are both exposed...Read more »
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Tailing biologists on a local "bat blitz" near Osoyoos
It’s Sunday afternoon and I have a date with a large group of biologists conducting a bat blitz at the Sage and Sparrow Conservation area...Read more »
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Pollination deception: Manitoba’s lady’s slipper orchids
In Manitoba we have several species of lady’s slipper orchids, but the two I am most interested in, and have researched, are the yellow lady’s...Read more »