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Did you know that Saskatchewan’s lakes and rivers are home to incredible native freshwater mussels? 🐚 In this video, we take a deep dive into our province’s native Unionid species, explore their unique life cycle, and learn how to identify them by looking at key shell features like the umbo, anterior, and posterior margins. Stay to the end – we also examine the growing threat posed by aquatic…

Beneath Every Forest: Discovering the Hidden World of Mycorrhizal Fungi How an underground network older than the dinosaurs quietly sustains forests, wetlands, grasslands, wildlife, and perhaps our own future. By Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas There Is Another Forest Beneath Our Feet When we stroll beneath the shade of trembling aspens in the Richard St. Barbe Baker…

Beneath Every Forest: Discovering the Hidden World of Mycorrhizal Fungi Part Two – Saskatchewan’s Living Soil: The Underground Network That Sustains Forests, Wetlands, and Wildlife “The health of a forest begins long before a seedling reaches toward the sunlight. It begins beneath the forest floor, where billions of unseen partnerships quietly prepare the way.” A Forest Is More Than Its…

Beneath Every Forest: Discovering the Hidden World of Mycorrhizal Fungi Part Three – Protecting Earth’s Underground Living Infrastructure “The future of our forests depends not only on the trees we plant, but also on the living soil we protect.” Climate Champions Beneath Our Feet When people think about climate change, they often picture smokestacks, glaciers, droughts, or forests absorbing…

Yes, Genus Gyraulus snails are a type of ramshorn snail, but not all ramshorn snails are Gyraulus. The Relationship Think of it like this: Ramshorn snail = common name for several groups of freshwater snails with flat, coiled shells that resemble a ram’s horn. Genus Gyraulus = one specific genus within the ramshorn snail family. Taxonomically: Family: Planorbidae Genus: Gyraulus Genus:…