Groups
This is the name for a group of killer whales.
What is a pod?
Monarch butterflies migrate about 3,000 km from their breeding grounds in Canada to their winter homes near this World Centre.
What is Nuestra Cabaña, Mexico?
This is the name for a baby hummingbird.
What is a chick?
The following animals live in this habitat: polar bear, harp seal, and rock ptarmigan.
What is the Arctic tundra?
This keystone species of the Canadian Prairies has been successfully reintroduced to Banff National Park.
What is the bison?
This is the name for a group of great horned owls.
What is a parliament?
This flying pattern helps Canada geese and other migratory birds cut down on wind drag during long journeys.
What is the V formation?
This is the name for a baby snake.
What is a snakelet?
The following animals live in this habitat: bison, burrowing owl, and swift fox.
What is a prairie grassland?
One of the first birds added to Canada’s 1978 list of endangered species, this large water bird now has a growing wild population.
What is the trumpeter swan?
This is the name for a group of little brown bats.
What is a camp/cauldron/cloud/colony/flock?
[Colony is the most common term.]
Travelling up to 60 km a night, this nocturnal mammal’s migration and hibernation behaviours are still being researched today.
What is a bat?
This is the name for a baby dolphin.
What is a calf?
The following animals live in this habitat: mountain blue bird, pika, and big horned sheep.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
This flying urban hunter was once nearly extinct in Canada until communities banned harmful chemicals and reintroduced the species.
What is the peregrine falcon?
This is the name for a group of turtles.
What is a bale/dole/nest/turn?
[Bale is the most common term.]
Salmon and many other kinds of fish migrate between fresh water and salt water, spending time in this critical habitat to adapt to the changing salt levels.
What is an estuary?
This is the name for a baby bee.
What is a larva?
The following animals live in this habitat: painted turtle, loon, and moose.
What is a freshwater lake?
A keystone species of costal ecosystems, these hand-holding mammals are recovering from over-hunting and the fur trade.
What is the sea otter?
This is the name for a group of butterflies.
What is a flight/flutter/kaleidoscope/rabble/swarm/wing?
[Kaleidoscope is the most common term.]
This gentle giant of the ocean migrates as far as 8,300 km each year. That’s longer than a road trip across Canada!
What is the humpback whale?
This is the name for a baby salmon.
What is a fry?
The following animals live in this habitat: piping plover, salmon, and otter.
What is the Atlantic shoreline?
Pink sand verbena was thought to be extinct in Canada until it was found, and now restored, in this westernmost national park.
What is Pacific Rim National Park Reserve?