Top Summer Dangers That Can Affect Your Dog

As we spend longer days enjoying outdoor activities and soaking up the sunshine, it’s not all carefree and happy days. Summertime has its own potential dangers that can impact our canine companions. Of course, this doesn’t mean you must spend your summer looking over your shoulder for hazards and risks. But being armed with information … Read more

What Feed Attracts Deer The Most? 7 Tips For Beginner Hunters

Hunting deer can be a frustrating experience for beginner hunters. However, by understanding how to attract deer and the factors that drive the behavior of a deer, you can learn how to hunt more effectively. Here are some helpful tips on how to attract deer to your stand location and put yourself in position to … Read more

How Good Is a Black Bear’s Sense of Smell?

Sometimes the city becomes boring for each of us. This is especially true for the city we live in because we spend every day in the same environment and each of us needs to make a change. The change may depend on your character and habits, so everyone would make a different choice. Some of … Read more

Common Reptile and Amphibian Species

Northern Leopard Frog Spring Peeper Boreal Chorus Frog Green Frog Mink Frog Wood Frog American Toad Blue-spotted Salamander Yellow-spotted Salamander Eastern Newt Painted Turtle Snapping Turtle Eastern Garter Snake  

Amur Leopard – Panthera Pardus Orientalis

Distinguishing Features – The Amur leopard is well adapted to the harsh climate of its range. The hairs of its summer pelt are 2.5 cm long but in winter they are replaced by 7 cm long ones. Apart from its long winter coat the Amur leopard is easily told apart from other leopard subspecies by … Read more

Porcupine – Erethizon Dorsatum

Distinguishing Features – Overall colouration, glossy yellowy-brown, darker on back. Back and tail covered with thousands of sharp-pointed quills. Legs, short. Size 6 – .9 m (2 – 3 ft) Habitat Widespread throughout Northwestern Ontario, in mixed wood forests, preferring pine habitats. Diet Mainly a herbivor, the porcupine’s diet consists of leaves of shrubs and … Read more

Bobcat – Lynx Rufus

Distinguishing Features – Overall colouration, tawny brown above, dotted with numerous blackish spots along the midline of the back. Underside, whitish with dark spots. Short tail, blackish above and white below. Legs, tawny with blackish horizontal streaks. Prominent streaked ruff on cheeks extending below the jaw. Ears, short with dark ear tufts. Can be mistaken … Read more

Siberian Musk Deer – Moschus Moschiferus

Distinguishing Features – The Siberian musk deer is a small member of the deer family; it weighs 7 – 17 kg (15 – 38 lb). The male has canine teeth which grow to a length of 8 cm (3″) and project well below the lips. Habitat The Siberian musk deer prefers forest and brushland at … Read more

European Mole – Talpa Europaea

Distinguishing Features – Length: 12 – 14 cm; tail: 2 – 4 cm; weight 60 – 120 g; the female is slightly smaller and lighter than the male. This is a burrowing animal, with a cylindrical body ending in a short tail, with an indistinct neck, with front paws developed in the shape of a … Read more