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Images and information about the five native species.
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/snakes/
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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.
https://www.thousandeyes.ca/
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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.
http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/wildlife/
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Canadian Shark Research Laboratory
An information source on sharks and shark fisheries in Atlantic Canada. Lists sharks found in
these waters, identification keys, sightings, shark ageing, anatomy, reproduction, feeding,
fisheries, interesting facts and publications related to sharks.
http://www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/shark/english/
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Electronic Resources on Lepidoptera
Bills itself as the most complete and comprehensive web site on lepidoptera on the internet. It
offers information on butterflies and moths and an exhaustive list of information resources.
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/lepidoptera.html
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Discovering Nova Scotia's Natural Heritage
A comprehensive catalogue of plants, wildlife and natural history with a clickable links pictorial
interface.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/natural/
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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.
http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/WILDLIFE/wns/wns0.htm
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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.
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa095/NSLeps/
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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.
http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/index.html
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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.
http://www.seaturtle.ca
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Nova Scotia Stranding Network
Features background information, how to handle stranded whales and dolphins, hotline, and articles.
http://is.dal.ca/~whitelab/strand/strand.htm
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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.
http://landscape.acadiau.ca/herpatlas/
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FrogWatch
Help monitor the presence and health of frogs in the province. If they're healthy, so will you be.
Site has a useful search and map display for amphibians, courtesy of the Ecological Monitoring and
Assessment network.
http://eqb-dqe.cciw.ca/emanops/frogwatch/nova_scotia/
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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.
http://www.outdoorns.com/features/cougar.htm
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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.
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nsbirds/index.htm
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