Biodiversity Resources
Pollinator Week 2022
Pollinator Week is June 20-26. There are many events and ways to celebrate and learn more about Calgary’s pollinators! On Friday, June 24 from 1-3pm…
Calgary Pollinator Count!
Join our Calgary Pollinator Count! We want to understand what pollinators are in the City of Calgary and the plants that they pollinate. Alberta, in…
Bumble Bees of Calgary: A key and illustrated guide
Bumble Bees of Calgary A key and illustrated guide for identification of the bumble bee species found in Calgary, Alberta A guide to the natural his…
Accidental Entomophagy: Eating Bugs!
Written by: Tehreem Chughtai as part of Zoology 507 research (supervisor: Mindi Summers) Whether you are aware or not, you have consumed inse…
Native Bees: Chinook Blast Art & Science Event
While we all know what a bee is, do we know what kind of bees reside in our communities What flowers are they attracted to? Where do they go in the winter?…
Insect Science Communication Gallery
Students enrolled in Zoology 435 created a series of science communication pieces on why we should care about insects – infographics, podcasts, videos, soc…
Contribute your observations of biodiversity!
iNaturalist, or iNat for short, is a citizen science project designed to help anyone and everyone log and identify the living things that they see. Users u…
Policies About Conservation
Policies and projects around Calgary meant to conserve and protect our native pollinators. The City of Calgary Pollinator Project At 50 minutes, thi…
Bio-Inspired Design
Resources that can help you make your own bio-inspired design page and get it published! Step 1: Inspiration Get inspiration for your page, based on previo…
Planting Guides
A collection of resources for planting a pollinator friendly flower garden, with information on plants that provide food and shelter for the native pollina…
Native Bees of Alberta
The following is a list of bee genera found in Alberta, courtesy of Lincoln Best as part of the Calgary Bee Project. Each genus is written with the researc…
Biodiversity and Sustainability
A group of websites and databases dedicated to monitoring and quantifying the biodiversity of various species across the globe. Resonating Bodies D…