by Stephanie Weizenbach | Dec 17, 2024
Wildlife Preservation Canada (WPC) is a national organization using hands-on intervention and scientific approaches to save endangered species. Every spring, field biologists collect wild yellow-banded bumble bee queens for their Bumble Bee Recovery Program, to...
by Stephanie Weizenbach | Dec 17, 2024
This is an iNaturalist project that aims to document all species of Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) in Alberta. This information will help build a database of what species exist provincially. Because it is an iNaturalist project, participating is easy. Just take a...
by Stephanie Weizenbach | Dec 17, 2024
The annual Winter Bug Count was started by John Acorn in 2011 to document Arthropods – insects, spiders, and crustaceans such as sow bugs – in Alberta and Saskatchewan through December, January, and February. Accepted species include any free living...
by Stephanie Weizenbach | Dec 17, 2024
This is an iNaturalist project that aims to document all species of mushrooms, mosses and lichens in Alberta. Because it is an iNaturalist project, participating is easy. Just take a photo of any mushroom, moss, or lichen you encounter using the iNaturalist app, add...
by Stephanie Weizenbach | Dec 17, 2024
By reporting when certain plants bloom and leaf out in spring, Albertans contribute vital information for climate change studies. The speed of spring plant development is controlled mainly by temperature, and there is evidence that warming winter and spring...
