Essential Books and Articles
Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life, by Edward O. Wilson, Liveright Publishing, 2016
Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, by D. W. Tallamy, Timber Press, 2007
Caterpillars of Eastern North America, by David L. Wagner, Princeton Field Guides, 2005
Planet of the Bugs: Evolution and the Rise of Insects, by Scott R. Shaw, Chicago University Press, 2014
Your Brain on Nature, by E. M. Selhub and A. C. Logan, HarperCollins Publishers, 2012
100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants for Canadian Gardens by Lorraine Johnson, Whitecap Books, 2005
Grow Wild by Lorraine Johnson, Fulcrum Publishing, 1998
Recipe for a garden full of birds, butterflies, and bees, Nature Canada blog post by Nina M. Zitani, 2017
Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, by D. W. Tallamy, Timber Press, 2007
Caterpillars of Eastern North America, by David L. Wagner, Princeton Field Guides, 2005
Planet of the Bugs: Evolution and the Rise of Insects, by Scott R. Shaw, Chicago University Press, 2014
Your Brain on Nature, by E. M. Selhub and A. C. Logan, HarperCollins Publishers, 2012
100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants for Canadian Gardens by Lorraine Johnson, Whitecap Books, 2005
Grow Wild by Lorraine Johnson, Fulcrum Publishing, 1998
Recipe for a garden full of birds, butterflies, and bees, Nature Canada blog post by Nina M. Zitani, 2017
Links
Butterfly Bush: Reasons Not to Plant it! (great article on dangers of planting butterfly bush and other alien species)
Canadensys (Canadian university-based biological collections network)
Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
Encyclopedia of Life
EnvironmentalScience.org (Environmental Science Education and Careers)
E. O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation
Monarch Joint Venture (USA)
Mission Monarch (Canada)
Nature Canada (Canada's oldest national nature conservation charity)
North American Native Plant Society
Tree of Life Web Project
Understanding Evolution
USDA Plants Database
VASCAN (database of vascular plants of Canada)
Canadensys (Canadian university-based biological collections network)
Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
Encyclopedia of Life
EnvironmentalScience.org (Environmental Science Education and Careers)
E. O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation
Monarch Joint Venture (USA)
Mission Monarch (Canada)
Nature Canada (Canada's oldest national nature conservation charity)
North American Native Plant Society
Tree of Life Web Project
Understanding Evolution
USDA Plants Database
VASCAN (database of vascular plants of Canada)