Evermaven

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

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 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.