Urban Animals
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Where the wild things are
Like most parents at the Toronto Zoo, Charles tends to relax and let his kids have fun. He occasionally raises his voice if things get out of hand, but...
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An urban derby
Imagine standing on the corner of busy Queen and Spadina. The traffic is rushing, the people are bustling, the horses are neighing. Wait — the...
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Pushed to the brink
Our city's ongoing expansion and development has an adverse affect on its non-human population. Toronto's list of endangered and threatened...
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Who else roamed Toronto over the last 12,000 years?
The Toronto skyline isn't any higher than the tops of the old growth trees, where ravines extended south from the Oak Ridges Moraine all the way to...
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Toronto’s urban wildlife
How many people live in this city? Oh, millions. You know that; you've been crammed on a streetcar with some of them, you've been stuck behind the...
By Matthew Blackett