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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.
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.
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.
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.
Electronic Resources on Lepidoptera - Offers information on butterflies and moths and a list of information resources.
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.
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.
Nova Scotia Snakes - Images and information about the five native species.
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.
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.
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. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.