Logging, mining and oil and gas extraction threaten boreal forests, reducing the forest cover, disrupting habitat for wildlife and often introducing toxic chemicals into pristine water systems.

If you drive north from just about any city in Canada, you'll end up in the boreal forest. This vast woodland is home to many of Canada’s iconic animals and hosts 300 species of migratory birds ...

Canada's boreal forests make up about 60% of the country ... These forests are a vital carbon sink, home to diverse wildlife and critical to the cultural and economic fabric of the nation's ...

The mosaic of temperate forest and boreal forest found in the region provides a unique ecological condition. The diversity of plant community types provides habitat for a variety of wildlife species ...

Forest Area Fluctuations: The coniferous forest area in North America increased by 5.62% between 2018-2023 compared to 1984-1991. However, it decreased by 4.85% from its peak in 1992-2001.

Lots of animals inhabit this coniferous forest, including the Siberian flying squirrel - and what a looker it is, with those big black eyes! It is a shy, nocturnal animal and it doesn’t ...

The Associated Press reports: “Barred owls arrived in the Pacific Northwest via the Great Plains, where trees planted by settlers gave them a foothold, or via Canada’s boreal forests ... of the U.S.