Wildlife photographer Mike Beedell has been photographing polar bears such as these ones for 37 years. Click on the image to view more of Beedell's photos.
Mike Beedell has spent more summers in the Arctic than elsewhere. He has been guiding trips in Canada’s Arctic, Antarctica, Greenland and other remote areas for 37 years and taking spectacular photographs all the while. His images have been published in
Canadian Geographic,
National Geographic,
Equinox, and many other publications; his work has even appeared in New York’s Times Square.
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Posted by Kimberly Ryan
in Nature
on Thursday, April 18, 2013
Painted turtles, such as this one, can live to be 100 years old and are the only turtle species not currently on Ontario's endangered species list. Click on the image to see more photos from the Rideau Wildlife Sanctuary. (Photos: Kayla Hannaford)
After a long Canadian winter, nothing screams spring like longer days, warmer temperatures, melting snow and, for the staff at the Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, baby animals - lots of them!
For months the Rideau Valley Animal Sanctuary has been preparing for the influx of animals it will receive this spring and summer. From organizing this year’s volunteers and interns to building new rehabilitation rooms, the sanctuary is finally ready for all that the season may bring.
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Visitors assemble an igloo, part of an installation for the National Film Board. Click on the image to view a slideshow of the festival. (Photo: Chuck Clark)
Intertwined, two creatures dig their heels into the ground, push their heads together and shove each other as hard as they can. As they challenge one another, threatening grunts and squeals escape them. Surprisingly, these are not two animals fighting to the death to defend their right to breed, but two educators at the Canadian Museum of Nature demonstrating a traditional Inuit children’s game called “Muskoxen fight.”
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Posted by Heather Yundt
in Mapping
on Thursday, March 07, 2013
The folk-country music legend Stompin' Tom Connors died yesterday at the age of 77.
The Canadian icon recorded 61 albums over his career, 10 of which, according to his website, have yet to be released.
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Posted by Andrew Lovesey
on Monday, February 04, 2013
Photo: Thedailymacro/Canadian Geographic Photo Club
In 1908 the Royal Canadian Mint struck its first coin, a fifty-cent piece. It was the second coin struck, however, that became the most prevalent of all Canadian change. It may have lacked the precious-metal value of the silver dollar, but the penny — officially known as the one-cent coin — assumed its supremacy-by-proportion early on. And as of today, the Royal Canadian Mint will no longer be distributing the denomination.
The one-cent coin has evolved over the past century. Once pure copper, ...
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