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Up close with a Blanding’s Turtle and its bright yellow throat and flecks; an unmistakable look among the many turtles that live in Canada’s rivers, lakes and ponds. The Blanding’s is one of the eight species of turtle found in Ontario - all of which are considered “at risk”.

Drive carefully out there this summer at watch the roads for our slow moving friends.

- Ontario

Bees play a central role in agriculture. In fact, more than a third of the food we eat depends on pollination by bees, either directly or indirectly. But it’s well known, from scientists and beekeepers alike, that these important insects are facing an array of challenges, from pesticides to habitat loss and climate change. For Jim Coneybeare, a third generation Ontario beekeeper, it has meant both a late and diminished honey harvest. It has also meant that there is a need to start “talking louder” about protecting our bees — for the bees, for businesses like Jim’s and for our environment.

- Fergus, Ontario

A kudu with it’s imposing, yet graceful horns; and if you look close enough, a red-billed oxpecker perched on it’s neck. These oxpeckers will spend most of their days on large herbivores like a kudu, eating ticks, flies and larvae. In return, the kudu gets its own personal pest control.

Limpopo, South Africa

Morgan, Conservation Science Manager for the Ontario Land Trust Alliance, holds a tree in her arms, one of 250 planted on this day. For , these planting events are a way to help build resiliency against climate change, strategically planting not only trees native to the region, but also trees projected to do well in a changing climate. And as Morgan puts it, in building natural resiliency we are also building resiliency for our communities.

Mulmur, Ontario, Canada.

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Citizens from Queen Charlotte and neighbouring communities assist members of the Haida Nation move a monumental totem pole from its carving location at the Haida heritage centre. Head carver Jaalen Edenshaw, a member of the Haida's Eagle Clan, and his team spent a year working on the pole that stands almost 13 metres high and weighs over 3,000 kgs.

Skidegate, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada.

Words from Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Words from Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

To stand amongst the towering forests of Sitka spruce and red cedar in the Gwaii Haanas is to truly stand among the ancients. Hundreds of years old, they are full of life, history and culture. Here, a Parks Canada employee measures the perimeter of a massive Cedar in the forest interior.

Thick-billed murres swim far better than they fly. They also find precarious means for laying a single egg, opting for narrow ledges on steep cliff faces instead of building a nest. The eastern Canadian Arctic is home to hundred of thousands of these nesting seabirds - among some of the greatest concentrations in the world. Yet, like many northern animals, a warming climate and ocean is putting these birds and their range at risk.

Thick-billed murres swim way better than they fly. They also find precarious means for laying a single egg, opting for narrow ledges on steep cliff faces instead of building a nest. The eastern Canadian Arctic is home to hundred of thousands of these nesting seabirds - among some of the greatest concentrations in the world. Yet, like many northern animals, a warming climate and ocean is putting these birds and their range at risk.