This clip is from the series Ecosystems and Biomes. This could be used to introduce students to the coniferous forest biome, and how plants and animals have adapted to the conditions. Students ...

The Taiga biome — also known as the Boreal Forest or the Snow Forest — covers nearly 10 million square miles. This vast expanse is almost five times the size of the Amazon. It spans Canada ...

Canada is now home to the world's largest protected boreal forest Canada will soon have the largest protected boreal forest - an area twice the size of Belgium - on the planet. Some 1.6m hectares ...