Let’s put your animal identification skills to the test! Can you guess what animal is hidden in this picture? Make your guess in the comments.
Looking for more fun stuff? Click here to come up with a funny caption, take a quiz or watch a cool video!
Are you ready to bring a little bit of the forest into your home? For today’s Eco-Activity, we’re showing you how to make your own indoor tree! If you’re in the holiday spirit, get creative and turn your tree into a holiday decoration!
Instructions:
1. Head out to a nearby forest to find sticks and decorations.
2. When you’re back home, arrange the sticks on the floor from longest to shortest. Make sure they’re all about 15 cm apart.
3. Measure a piece of string that goes from the left side of the longest stick to the left side of the shortest stick. Leave about 15 cm of extra string, and cut.
4. Repeat step 3 on the right side so that you have two strings that are the same length.
5.Glue one end of your first string to the left side of the longest stick.
6. Continue gluing the string to the left side of the rest of the sticks, making sure that there’s about 15 cm of extra string when you’re done.
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 on the right side.
8. Tie your two strings together at the top and hang it up on a wall in your home.
9. Time to decorate! Using string (and maybe some glue), hang your pine cones, leaves and other decorations off the sticks until you’re happy with your tree. If you’re making a holiday-themed tree, make sure to add some extra holiday decorations too.
10. Show off your tree to your friends and family!
It’s that time again, Conservation Council: we need your help!
We’re hard at work planning next year’s Wildlife Adoptions Projects, and we have one we think you’re going to love – but we need your help! We’re going global with our awesome partners at ICFC on a super exciting project that will help protect one of these three epic animals:
Pick your fave and tell us why you love that animal the most, or why you want to protect it, in the Comments, then stay tuned to see which one wins! We’ll be launching our new Adoptions Projects in early 2022, but we’re making our picks THIS WEEK, so cast your vote before it’s too late, Earth Ranger!
This holiday season, lend a helping paw! Show your love for animals with an Earth Rangers Wildlife Adoption! Which cuddly plushie will be on your wish list this year? Click or tap the animals below to check them out in the Earth Rangers Shop.
Did you know that there are about 320 different species of turtles? Now that’s A LOT of turtles! For today’s Eco-Activity, we’re going to see how well you know our turtley awesome turtle pals with a quick game of NAME THAT TURTLE!
Instructions:
Below, you’ll find a bunch of turtle pictures and names. It’s your job to try and match them up. Don’t worry, we’ve given you some very helpful hints. Good luck!
Ok, think you’ve got it? Find out if your answers are right! Challenge a friend or family member to see if they can beat your score.
Want to help midland painted turtles? Purchase a midland painted turtle adoption kit! Each kit sold will support the Nature Conservancy of Canada as they work to restore habitats for animals like turtles!
We’ve gotten tons of great guesses on Part 1 of the Pixel Puzzler, and now it’s time for the answer.
Are you ready for the great reveal? Find out if you got it right!
The answer to this Pixel Puzzler is (drum roll please) an Arctic Fox! How did you do? Tell us in the comments!
Speaking of Arctic fox, have you seen our brand new holiday package? You can now adopt the Arctic fox as part of the Arctic Animal Collection but just for a limited time! When you do, you’ll get three amazing plushies: an Arctic fox, a polar bear and a ringed seal, which is exclusively available as part of this package!
Brrr! Have you noticed that it’s getting colder outside? As the winter weather comes in, are you the type of person who wants to get out and play in the snow, or the type that would rather stay inside with a nice warm cup of hot chocolate? Just like you, different species have different ways to deal with the cold. Check out these examples:
Migration
This is for the animals that just don’t want to deal with winter. They head to places with warmer weather and wait out the cold—just like those of us who like to take tropical vacations over the winter break! Many birds are big fans of the winter escape, so if your favourite bird is missing in the winter, this could be why.
Hibernation
Do you ever get a little extra sleepy in the winter? Does the outside darkness make you yawn? Well, certain animals feel the same way, and these guys take a long snooze until the weather warms up! Some animals, like bears, wake up to stretch once in a while. Other animals, like raccoons, wake up for snacks.
Adaptation
We can’t all travel or sleep through the winter, so many of us adapt to the cold with warm coats, boots and toques! Some animals do this too, including wolves, bison, foxes, and even our pet cats and dogs! They grow nice thick winter coats that protect them from the cold weather! See if you can spot an animal adapting to the cold this winter!
Dormancy
Animals aren’t the only ones that find a way to deal with the cold. Plants do too! Many deciduous trees go dormant in the winter. Just like the way animals hibernate, these trees pretty much take a long sleep. They stop using their energy for food, and rest until the weather is warmer. This is why they don’t need leaves in the winter!
Which is your favourite way to deal with the winter? Let us know in the comments!
Accept the Backyard Biologist Mission in the Earth Rangers app and learn all about the amazing plants and animals around you!
Paw-don me, but we need a couple copycats right meow! Yes, we’re fur-real! For today’s Eco-Activity, we want you to Act Like an Animal and help slow down climate change!
When it comes to being climate-friendly, we can learn a lot from our animal pals! After all, when was the last time you saw a polar bear crank up the heat or a squirrel cut down a tree? They are true climate champions. So why not adopt climate-friendly habits from some of your favourite species? Here’s how:
Step 1: Join the Act Like an Animal Challenge
Visit Project2050.ca or the new section of the Earth Rangers App and join the Challenge!
Join online or on the Earth Rangers App
Step 2: Choose your animal-inspired climate-friendly habits!
You can hoof it like a caribou, do the beluga whale wash, hand it down like a hermit crab, and many more!
Step 3: Log your habits to unlock rewards and complete the community goal!
When you’re finished, log your habits in the app or on Project2050.ca! The more habits you complete; the more rewards you unlock! Plus, every habit logged gets us closer to reaching the community goal!
Step 4: Teamwork makes the dream work!
Encourage your friends and family to adopt these climate-friendly habits with you.
Step 5: Come back and Act Like an Animal every day!
Don’t forget to log your habits each time you complete them. The more you Act Like an Animal, the more you help slow down climate change!
The Act Like an Animal Challenge is part of Earth Rangers’ new Project 2050: Climate-friendly habits to change the world. Team up with other kids from across Canada and help protect our planet!
We broke the official GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for the longest chain of paper snowflakes! Actually, we didn’t just break it—we SMASHED IT! The previous record was 214 m, and our chain was *drum roll please* 403 m, and had over 2,200 snowflakes! Thank you to everyone who participated; this record belongs to you.
The snowflake chain is a symbol of the love and passion kids like YOU have for nature and all of the animals that call this planet home. It really shows us what we can do when we all work together. Which makes it the perfect way to launch a brand new Earth Rangers Program that’s all about working together to accomplish some big goals!
Have you seen this brand new section of the Earth Rangers App? You can join Challenges along with other Earth Rangers members across Canada! By practising and logging your climate-friendly habits, you’ll help reduce greenhouse gasses and get us closer to the Challenge goal. You’ll also unlock some awesome rewards along the way!
The first Challenge is to Act Like an Animal by learning and doing some climate-friendly habits straight from our friends in the animal kingdom—like snacking like a rabbit, planting seeds like a squirrel and layering up like a polar bear.
Let’s use the power of teamwork to make a real difference for the planet with Project 2050. We can’t wait to see what more we will accomplish together!
We need your help! This young fox is trying to tell us something but we can’t figure it out! Do you know what it’s thinking?
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