Animal Life Science and Environment Nova Scotia Canada

Fauna; animal life, especially the animals characteristic of this region and time, or special environment.

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• Leatherback Turtle Working Group - Fishermen and university biologists collaborate on marine turtle research and conservation. Learn about sea turtles and track a leatherback turtle through the Atlantic Ocean.
  
• MARS - Marine Animal Response Society - A charitable organization dedicated to marine mammal conservation in the Maritime provinces through education, research and rescue.
  
• Wildlife Index - Informs us of the Atlantic Cooperative Wildlife Ecology Network, weather, pollution, migratory birds, endangered species, smuggling, wetlands, hunting and response to oil spills.
  
• Nova Scotia Herpetofaunal Atlas Project - Seeks to know where, what and how many snakes and amphibians there are in the province. Contains information, identification guides, atlases, databases, newsletters and a photo gallery.
  
• East Coast Birds - Take a jaunt down to Robie Tufts' Birds of Nova Scotia for hundreds of descriptions and illustrations. Includes hot bird topics, and information on birding in the Maritimes.
  
• The Butterflies of Nova Scotia - This scholarly site catalogues the lepidoptera of the province, providing pictures where available. The visitor may look up a species by characteristics checklist, an alphabetic index, or just browse.
  
• Nova Scotia Snakes - Images and information about the five native species.
  
• Department of Natural Resources - Wildlife Division - Aims at conservation and sustainable use of wildlife populations, habitats and ecosystems. An encyclopedic list of information and a library of articles from the Harlequin duck to the Blue spotted salamander. An enormous site.
  
• Electronic Resources on Lepidoptera - Offers information on butterflies and moths and a list of information resources.
  
• Thousand Eyes - A volunteer project that observes and records natural history events such as plants flowering, birds returning, frogs peeping, and weather events. Offers field guide, graphs, maps, volunteering and a rationale for the project.
  
• Wildlife of Nova Scotia - The text of Julie Towers' book Wildlife of Nova Scotia, a scholarly publication for naturalists. It provides access to most of the book's contents except illustrations and tables.
  
• Cougars in The Maritimes - Outdoor Nova Scotia has the latest information on one of the true mysteries of the eastern forests - the mountain lion. Seven pages of stories about cougar sightings.
  
  

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