Current Issue — Winter 2024
Nature’s Landscape Architect
Dam-building is how beavers engineer their own habitat, but their labours can cause trouble for their human neighbours. How can these species get along?
By Ian Coutts
Of Bats and Blades
The environmental benefits of wind energy come with a significant downside: turbines kill wildlife, especially migratory bats. Solutions exist, if wind-farm operators choose to embrace them.
By Brian Banks
Flocking Together
Birds that stay in Ontario through the winter have adapted to cold temperatures in amazing ways. Here are five species to watch for in the coming months.
By Julia Zarankin
The True Value of Nature
Last Word
By Ray Ford
Ontario Nature is the voice for wild species and wild spaces in Ontario. Its award-winning quarterly magazine, ON Nature, is an authoritative source of engaging environmental content that inspires and informs. Contributors include award-winning journalists, photographers, and leading conservation experts.
The magazine brings readers closer to nature. Experience the great outdoors, even when you’re indoors.
Our Favourites
Ontario’s Bats – Summer 2006
As the only flying mammals in the world bats make an impressive claim to fame. Eight species of these nocturnal creatures live in Ontario.
Root of Temptation – Summer 2018
Once Canada’s second-biggest export, wild American ginseng is increasingly rare today as poachers track it down for its valuable root. So why are conservation measures lagging?
2019 National Magazine Awards, Finalist for Short Feature Writing
The Cutting Edge – Spring 2016
When it comes to grassland birds, farmers are the greatest hope for their preservation. Here’s how some enterprising growers are combining nature protection with making a living.
2017 National Magazine Awards, Silver for Short Feature Writing
Blinded By the Light – Summer 2017
Artificial light is a pollutant, affecting habitat and health of all plants and creatures – including humans. Why the night must be brought back.
2018 National Magazine Awards, Finalist for Short Feature Writing
