Outdoors

Is the time and money being spent on current control methods really the best way to tackle the issue, wonders outdoors columnist

Red squirrel spends much of its time doing battle against other squirrels, woodpeckers, owls and others in the woodlot to protect its winter bounty

Tracks left in snow tell tales of critters' adventures

After being shed, the cast antler becomes a much needed dietary supplement for rodents as well as for carnivores such as coyote and fox

Shy but wily predator waited for human observers to leave the scene before swooping down to claim the spoils of war: a mourning dove

A bumper crop of wild grapes, hanging thick in clusters, put more than 50 turkeys in the midst of outdoor columnist's recent travels

When it comes to nature, and particularly the fate of a living creature, we have a list of options to choose from, says outdoors columnist

While fictionalized pigs are cute, real live wild pigs could be an 'ecological disaster about to sweep across southern Ontario farmlands,' warns columnist

We are storytellers, making us the only species on the planet that has been able to carry its history from one generation to the next, columnist explains

To see wild birds feed, groom, argue and roost just inches away, with only a pane of glass between you and them, is an entertaining education, says columnist