In school, when you study biology, you study all living things. Biology explores everything from creatures that can only be seen through a microscope to the giant elephants that roams the savanna. In a single afternoon you could learn about how many creatures live, eat, sleep and play. You could learn about how creatures interact with the environment around them. It is often said that biology is the study of life.

Wildflowers on a prairie slide.

To learn about biology, we don’t always have to be in a classroom. We can go for a walk on local trails, and watch the squirrels or the birds. Or, we can go on the internet, and learn about the animals and plants in our own backyard.

This section of the exhibit explores the living things that fill the Sydenham River watershed. We like to think of it a virtual hike, through one of Ontario’s most beautiful regions.

The Sydenham river is the only river in Canada that falls entirely within the Carolinian Life Zone, with the the longest frost-free seasons and the mildest winters in Ontario. The Carolinian Life Zone boasts more types of plants and animals than any other ecosystem in Canada.

To start exploring the river, click on any vignette below:

	A.W. Campbell Conservation Area		Carolinian Canada
	River Bottom Critters		The Sydenham River Canoe Race
	Nature's Highway		Species at Risk
	Rare Trees of the Sydenham River		The American Badger
	The Drooping Trillium		Birds Of Prey
	The Sydenham Has A Lot Of "Mussel!"		Nature In Winter
	Secretive Creatures of the Sydenham		Vanishing Tall Grass Prairies
	The Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle		Something's Fishy!