Groups
What is the name for a group of killer whales?
A pod
Monarch butterflies migrate about 3,000 km from their breeding grounds in Canada to their winter homes near which World Centre?
What is the name for a baby hummingbird?
A chick
What habitat has polar bears, harp seals, and rock ptarmigan?
The Arctic tundra
Which large, brown, currently endangered mammal is threatened most by people and habitat loss?
Grizzly bears
What is the name for a group of great horned owls?
A parliament
What flying pattern helps Canada geese and other migratory birds cut down on wind drag during long journeys?
V formation
What is the name for a baby snake?
A snakelet
What habitat has bison, burrowing owls, and swift foxes?
Prairie grasslands
Which hand-holding mammal is still recovering from over-hunting and the fur trade?
What is the name for a group of little brown bats?
A colony (a camp, cauldron, cloud, or flock are also accepted)
What nocturnal mammal travels up to 60 km a night with their migration and hibernation behaviours still being researched today?
Bats
What is the name for a baby dolphin?
A calf
What habitat has painted turtles, loons, and moose?
Freshwater lakes
Which animal species of the Canadian Prairies has been successfully reintroduced to Banff National Park?
The bison
What is the name for a group of butterflies?
A kaleidoscope (a flight, flutter, rabble, swarm, or wing are also accepted)
Which gentle giant of the ocean migrates as far as 8,300 km each year? Fun fact: that's longer than a road trip across Canada!
The humpback whale
What is the name for a baby bee?
A larva
What habitat has blue mountain birds, pika, and big-horned sheep?
The Rocky Mountains
One of the first birds added to Canada's 1978 list of endangered species, which large water bird now has a growing wild population?
Trumpeter swans
What is the name for a group of turtles?
A bale (a dole, nest, or turn are also accepted)
Salmon and many other types of fish migrate between freshwater and saltwater. What critical habitat do they spend time in to adapt to the changing salt levels?
An estuary
What is the name for a baby salmon?
A fry
What habitat has piping plovers, salmon, and otters?
The Atlantic shoreline
Which flying urban hunter was once nearly extinct in Canada until communities banned harmful chemicals and reintroduced the species?
Peregrine falcons