Biodiversity Articles
Agence-France Presse. (2018, July 30). World’s largest king penguin colony has declined by 90%. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Agence-France Presse. (2018, April 13). Using cute animals in pop culture makes public think they’re not endargered – study. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Agence-France Presse. (2018, March 1). ‘Catastrophe’ as France’s bird population collapses due to pesticides. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Ahn, S. J. G., Bostick, J., Ogle, E., Nowak, K. L., McGillicuddy, K. T., & Bailenson, J. N. (2016). Experiencing nature: Embodying animals in immersive virtual environments increases inclusion of nature in self and involvement with nature. Journal of Computer‐Mediated Communication, 21(6), 399-419.
ARC Solutions. (2017). What is ARC: How can design save wildlife and wild places? Arc Solutions. Retrieved from https://arc-solutions.org/what-is-arc/
Artelle, K. A., Reynolds, J. D., Treves, A., Walsh, J. C., Paquet, P. C., & Darimont, C. T. (2018). Hallmarks of science missing from North American wildlife management. Science advances, 4(3), eaao0167.
Ashok, I. (2017, November 2). Nature’s healing powers: How exotic Australian plants may help revive nuclear contaminated land. IB Times. Retrieved from http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/
Atkinson, N. (2018, January 25). Vitamin T. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/
Badelt, B. (2017, August 24). Behind the Plan to Protect the Serengeti of the Arctic. News Deeply. Retreived from https://www.newsdeeply.com/
Ballingall, A. (2018, March 7). Most wildlife management in Canada and U.S. lacks ‘fundamental’ science, study finds. The Star. Retrieved from www.thestar.com
Barkham, P. (2018, September 4). Eight bird species are first confirmed avian extinctions this year. The Guardian Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Barkham, P. (2018, April 23). One in eight bird species threatened with extinction, global study finds. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Barkham, P. (2018, April 23). One in eight bird species threatened with extinction, global study finds. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Berkman, P. A., Kullerud, L., Pope, A., Vylegzhanin, A. N., & Young, O. R. (2017). The Arctic Science Agreement propels science diplomacy. Science, 358(6363), 596-598.
Bittel, J. (2019, March 28). Amphibian apocalypse is twice as bad as scientists thought. The Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/
BirdLife International. (2018, April 12). Sir David Attenborough joins world experts in calling for action for nature. BirdLife International. Retrieved from https://www.birdlife.org/
Borel, B. (2016, May 20) New Global Biodiversity Atlas Reveals the Secrets of Soil. Mental Floss. Retrieved from http://mentalfloss.com/
Borenstein, S. (2018, March 23). UN report: Loss of plants, animals making a lonelier planet. CTV News. Retrieved from https://www.ctvnews.ca/
Borenstein, S. (2017, October 26). Misplaced monarchs: Clusters of butterflies stuck up north. National Post. Retrieved from http://nationalpost.com/
Brooks, T. M., Mittermeier, R. A., da Fonseca, G. A., Gerlach, J., Hoffmann, M., Lamoreux, J. F., … & Rodrigues, A. S. (2006). Global biodiversity conservation priorities. science, 313(5783), 58-61.
Bullinger, J. (2018, July 26). These 6 Species are about to be sacrificed for the oil and gas industry. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://theguardian.com
Burke, D. (2017, October 30). Headwinds caused by warm weather a danger to migratory birds. CBC News. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/
Carlton, J., Chapman, J., Geller, J., Miller, J., Carlton, D., McCuller, M., Treneman, N., Steves, B., & Ruiz, G. M. (2017). Tsunami-driven rafting: Transoceanic species dispersal and implications for marine biogeography. Science, 357(6358), 1402-1406.
Carrington, D. (2019, April 1). Insects have ‘no place to hide’ from climate change, study warns. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Carrington, D. (2019, February 10). Plummeting insect numbers ‘threaten collapse of nature’. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Carrington, D. (2018, September 27). Orca ‘apocalypse’: half of killer whales doomed to die from pollution. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Carrington, D. (2018, May 21). Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals—study. The Guardian. Retreived from https://www.theguardian.com/
Carrington, D. (2017, October 18). Warning of ‘ecological Armageddon’ after dramatic plunge in insect numbers. The Guardian. Retreived from https://www.theguardian.com/
CBC News. (2017, October 11). Living near green spaces linked to longer lives, study finds. CBC News. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/
CBC Radio. (2018, September 11). With more species at risk than resources to save them, conservationists face hard choices. CBC Radio. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/
Chapron, G., Epstein, Y. & López-Bao, J. (2019). A Rights Revolution for Nature: Introduction of Legal Rights for Nature Could Protect Natural Systems from Destruction. Science, 363 (6434), 1392-1393.
Cheskey, T. (2018, January 25). Time To Get Used To A New Acronym — Key Biodiversity Areas or KBAs. Nature Canada. Retrieved from www.naturecanada.ca
Cheskey, T. (2017, March 30). Key Biodiversity Areas: What they are and why we care. Nature Canada. Retrieved from https://naturecanada.ca/
Chung, E. (2017, November 2). Cities are driving evolution—and may spawn new species, scientists says. CBC News. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/
Cox, L. (2018, October 31). Five countries hold 70% of world’s last wildernesses, map reveals. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Dasgupta, S. (2017, November 21). Experience or evidence: How do big conservation NGOs make decisions? Mongabay. Retrieved from https://news.mongabay.com/
Dale, A., & Newman, L. (2010). All things counter, original, spare, strange: Why are we so bad at difference. Canadian Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1(1), 37-43.
David Suzuki Foundation. (2017). Canada takes small step for ocean health and marine protection [Press release]. Retrieved from http://www.davidsuzuki.org/
Doyle, S. ( 2017, August 14). Tallurutiup Imanga/Lancaster Sound to be Canada’s largest protected area. Canadian Geographic. Retrieved from https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/
Galea, I. (2018, December 13). Caribou are canaries in coalmine for rising Arctic temperatures — and numbers are dropping fast. National Post. Retrieved from https://nationalpost.com/
Galloway, G. (2017, July 23). Canada lags in conservation efforts. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/
Gari, J. A. (1999). Biodiversity conservation and use: Local and global considerations. Science, Technology and Development Discussion Paper, 7, 1-19.
Government of Canada. (2017). COSEWIC Press Release: May 2017 [Press Release]. Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/
Heying, H. (2018, April 30). Nature is Risky. That’s Why Students Need It. New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/
Hazell, S. (2017, August 16). Right Whales closer to the brink. Nature Canada. Retrieved from https://naturecanada.ca/
Hunt, S. (2017, September 30). Bees and butterflies get southeast sanctuary thanks to Calgary pollinator program. CBC News. Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/
Herzog, P. W. (2017). From the Mist: A Life Restored by Nature. Victoria: Friesen Press.
Jacobson, S. K., Mcduff, M. D., & Monroe, M. C. (2007). Promoting conservation through the arts: outreach for hearts and minds. Conservation Biology, 21(1), 7-10.
Jarvic, B. (2018, November 26). The Insect Apocalypse Is Here. New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/
Jungle VIPs: To save orangutans, think of them as money swinging from trees. (2018, February 22). The Economist. Retrieved from https://www.economist.com/
Kerr, B. (2019, January 8). ‘Voice of the forest’: George the snail, last of his kind, dies at age 14. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Kingston, T., Aguirre, L., Armstrong, K., Mies, R., Racey, P., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., & Waldien, D. (2016). Networking networks for global bat conservation. In Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World (pp. 539-569). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
Kropshofer, K. (2017, October 16). Whales and dolphins lead ‘human-like lives’ thanks to big brains, says study. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/science
Kopecky, A. (2018, August 25). Things have never been so good for humanity, nor so dire for the planet. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/
Laucius, J. (2017, February 28). Why alien species can have catastrophic economic consequences. Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved from http://ottawacitizen.com/
La Rose, L. (2016, August 31). Margaret Atwood tries new wings with Angel Catbird graphic novel. CBC News. Retrieved from www.cbc.ca
Law, J. (2018, May 14). Tread softly: new guide for businesses working in important ecosystems. Bird Life. Retrieved from http://www.birdlife.org/
Law, J. (2018, April 13). “The world has cause for optimism”: Sir David Attenborough’s keynote speech. Bird Life. Retrieved from http://www.birdlife.org/
Lowrie, M. (2017, September 30). Biologists work to save Quebec’s ‘most urban’ snake as development booms. CBC News. Retrieved from www.cbc.ca
Lunn, S. (2017, October 31). Woodland cariboo continue to decline as provinces fail to meet protection deadline. CBC News. Retrieved from www.cbc.ca
McDonald, B. (2018, March 2). Mining activities, not hunting, responsible for northern cariboo declines. CBC News. Retrieved from www.cbc.ca
McGrath, M. (2018, May 17). ‘Shocking’ human impact reported on world’s protected areas. BBC News. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news
McKeever, C. (2016, December 21). Vast biodiversity database now available to all. Natural History Museum. Retrieved from http://www.nhm.ac.uk/
McKie, R. (2018, February 18). Should we give up half of the Earth to wildlife? The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com
McKie, R. (2017, February 25). Biologists say half of all species could be extinct by end of century. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com
Meyer, C. (2017, November 9). Montreal-born scientist says forestry sector in denial about disappearing caribou. National Observer. Retrieved from https://www.nationalobserver.com/
Monforton, L. (2017, February 6). Wild bison roam Banff National Park for 1st time in more than century. CBC News. Retrieved from www.cbc.ca
Mortillaro, N. (2018, February 15). Borneo’s orangutans at risk of extinction after population decreases by 148,500 in 16 years. CBC News. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca
Mortillaro, N. (2017, January 14). Scientists call for tri-national conservation effort to save monarch butterfly. CBC News. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/
Nature Canada. (2017). Key Biodiversity Areas: What they are and why we care. Retrieved from https://naturecanada.ca/tag/key-biodiversity-area/
New City Institue. (n.d.) An Introduction to Barriers. Retrieved from http://www.newcity.ca/Pages/moorebarriers.html
Newman, L., & Dale, A. (2013). Celebrating the mundane: Nature and the built environment. Environmental Values, 22(3), 401-413.
Nicholas, G. (2018). How Western science is finally catching up to Indigenous knowledge. Macleans. Retrieved from http://www.macleans.ca/
Page, H. (2018, Feb 6). Opinion: Wetlands are disapearing fast. Urgent action is required. Vancouver Sun. Retrieved from https://vancouversun.com/
Potenza, A. (2017, May 19). ‘Doomsday’ seed vault meant to survive global disasters breached by climate change. The Verge. Retrieved from https://www.theverge.com/
Pfeiffer, B. (2016, April 27). Ghosts and tiny treasures. Aeon. Retrieved from https://aeon.co/
Randerson, J. (2009, November 20). Biodiversity Loss is Earth’s ‘immense and hidden’ tragedy, Darwin’s ‘natural heir’ warns. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Robbins, J. (2018, February 19). Animals Are Losing Their Vagility, or Ability to Roam Freely. New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/
Rowling, M. (2017, September 5). Scientists jam with musicians, artists to stir public passion for nature. Rethink. Retrieved from https://rethink.earth/
Sample, I. (2017, January 18). Over half of world’s wild primate species face extinction, report reveals. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com
Schwägerl, C. (2016, July 6). What’s Causing the Sharp Decline in Insects, and Why It Matters. Yale 360. Retrieved from https://e360.yale.edu/
Scott, A. (n.d.) Where Do You Go, My Lovelies? UofT Magazine. Retrieved from http://magazine.utoronto.ca/
Sessa-Hawkins, M. (2018, April 23). Even familiar birds at risk of extinction, study finds. Birdlife. Retrieved from https://www.birdlife.org/
Sessa-Hawkins, M. (2018, April 16). How do we spread word about the biodiversity crisis? Experts weigh in. Birdlife. Retrieved from https://www.birdlife.org/
Spears, T. (2019, March 20). Call of the … tame? Loons are becoming less wild, broad survey suggests. Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved from https://ottawacitizen.com/
Spears, T. (2018, August 29). Loons could disappear from our region in two to three decades, analysis suggests. Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved from https://ottawacitizen.com/
Star Editorial Board. (2017, September 18). Save our bats, belugas, and bobolinks: Editorial. The Star. Retrieved from https://www.thestar.com/
Steuter-Martin, M. (2017, September 17). ‘My heart always flutters’: Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue joins fight to preserve monarch butterflies. CBC News. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/
Taylor, M. (2019, April 4). Campaign to save oceans maps out global network of sanctuaries. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Stockstad, E. (2017, August 24). Endangered right whales are dying in record numbers off Canada, raising alarm. Science Mag. Retrieved from http://www.sciencemag.org/
Todhunter, C. (2017, September 7). Corporations Are Killing Our Best Partners In Fighting Starvation. Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/
U of G Researchers Identify Monarch Butterfly Birthplaces to Help Conserve Species. (2017, January 9). UofG News. Retrieved from https://news.uoguelph.ca/
VaquitaCPR. (2017, October 20). Scientists Rescue First Vaquita Pospoise, Making Conservation History. VaquitaCPR. Retrieved from https://www.vaquitacpr.org/
Van Dusen, J. (2016, December 7). Canada’s barren ground caribou classified as ‘threatened’. CBC News. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/
Walter, J. (2018, February 26). North Atlantic right whales may face extinction after no new births recorded. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Waters, S. (2017, October 28). Bzzzzz: CBC Fredericton joins national effort to save honey bees. CBC News. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/
Watts, J. (2018, July 5). Red list research finds 26,000 global species under extinction threat. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Watts, J. (2018, March 23). Destruction of nature as dangerous as climate change, scientists warn. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Watts, J. (2018, March 14). Worlds great forests could lose half of all wildlife as planet warms – report. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Watts, J. (2018, January 23). New global registry of invasive species is ‘milestone’ in protecting biodiversity. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/
Weber, B. (2018, November 15). Humans are having huge influence on evolution of species, study says. CBC News. Retrieved from Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/
Whittle, P. (2017, September 26). North Atlantic Right Whale population declining, new model confirms. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved from https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/
Yeoman, B. (2014, May-June). Why the Passenger Pigeon Went Extinct. Audubon. Retreived from http://www.audubon.org/