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New space mission to Venus could reveal signs of alien life
An ambitious, multi-stage mission seeks to find life in the acidic clouds of Venus
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In a pinch: Reconnecting a vital Maritime wildlife corridor
The Chignecto Isthmus between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick is a pinch point for migratory wildlife, but a coalition of conservation groups, scientists and citizens is working to restore ecological connectivity on this highly-developed land bridge
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Featured Fellow: Bob Ramsay
Exploring connection, community and leadership with the founder of RamsayTalks
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Environment
Lending a kelping hand: how genetics research is innovating seaweed restoration
Researchers are taking a new approach to kelp conservation by studying how their genes could be key in protecting B.C. kelp forests from climate change
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Julian Brave NoiseCat on his Oscar-shortlisted documentary
The filmmaker and writer discusses his documentary Sugarcane, which investigates the abuse and missing children at St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School
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Mapping seismic activity in Metro Vancouver
A new mapping project shows how earthquakes may travel through Metro Vancouver — and the hazards to prepare for
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Mapping diversions in the Great Lakes
How mid-century diversions in the Great Lakes watershed still affect the communities on its shorelines
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Mapping
Ininiw Acakosuk: the Cree stars
Tracking 16 Ininiw constellations and their narratives across the night sky
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Mapping
Mapping the rapid spread of invasive feral pigs across Canada
Wreaking havoc across the country, the wild boar is destructive, adaptable and virtually unstoppable
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November/December 2024
Places
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My Nuna: 6 photographers showcase a favourite shot
Their deep ties to Nunavut shine through in their work. Why these particular images strike a chord with each photographer.
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Places
Inside the last remaining dance hall in Manitou Beach, Sask.
In this summer resort village, Danceland welcomes revellers through the long, dark winter
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Inside one of the world’s major francophone marine science centres
As climate change continues to heat Canada’s waterways, researchers at the Maurice Lamontagne Institute are working to safeguard marine health
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Sept choses que vous ne savez peut-être pas sur l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard
Sept faits amusants moins connus sur la septième province du Canada
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Wildlife Wednesday: tiny, endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle found on Magdalen Islands for the first time
Plus: orca serve fishy looks, Christmas trees in peril, and polar bear poop offers up its secrets
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Wildlife
Wildlife Wednesday: Toronto Zoo welcomes twin snow leopard cubs!
Plus: mercury rising in the North Atlantic, borers hitting Vancouver, killer whales diving on a single breath, and falcons feeling the effect of banned chemicals
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Wildlife
Wildlife Wednesday: does Canada need to cull wolves to save ‘baby reindeer’?
Plus: Canada’s favourite baby orca finally free, turkeys run wild in Quebec, giant prehistoric sabre-toothed salmon renamed, and Toronto Zoo is expecting a snow leopard-shaped bundle of joy
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Wildlife Wednesday: belugas can change the shape of their melons to communicate
Plus even more whale news: grey whale die off declared over, using forensics to investigate humpbacks, a new species of orca, and a sad spate of right whale calf deaths
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Wildlife Wednesday: bald eagles are nesting in Toronto for the first time in history
Plus: sturgeon-a-surgin’ in the Great Lakes, caribou -a-boomin’ on Baffin Island, orca for days in the open ocean, and “horrific” animal poison banned in Canada
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Our Country: Tyler Johnston
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On tap: celebrating the tradition of maple syrup in Canada
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Haudenosaunee activist Dawn Martin-Hill on decolonization and water
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How Black matriarchs stitched quilting into the fabric of art history
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Our Country: Emmanuel Jal
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Exceeding expectations on Canada’s tallest peak
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Eileen Delehanty Pearkes on the Columbia River Treaty
The author, speaker and researcher discusses the controversial history surrounding the famed Treaty and her hopes for the future of the Columbia River
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Tanya Talaga on her new book, The Knowing
The journalist and bestselling author shares a personal retelling of Canadian history
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Featured Fellow: Karma Nanglu
The paleobiologist discusses his work studying the early evolution and ecology of complex marine life, the Cambrian explosion and being an ambassador for Canadian science
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Wildlife
Melissa Hafting on the healing power of birds
The ecologist, photographer, activist and birding guide discusses her fascination with birds, bringing people together and how birdwatching can help people deal with grief
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Unearthing Indigenous roots with Coleen Rajotee
The Cree television host and gardener celebrates season three of Vitality Gardening, sharing her biggest lessons, giant discoveries, and larger-than-life tomatoes
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The board game boom
Canada became a hotbed of gaming in the 1980s, for better or for worse
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History
The magnificent inland voyage of an Edwardian-era steamship
SS Keewatin may be moored in Kingston, Ont., now, but the stylish steamship used to offer a lavish lifestyle while cruising the Great Lakes
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History
Here comes the sun: Canada’s first astronomical observatory
Fredericton, home to the William Brydone Jack Observatory, will be one of the few Canadian cities to experience the total solar eclipse that crosses North America on April 8
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History
Celebrating 50 years of the Little NHL
After five decades, the Little Native Hockey League tournament continues to thrive as the largest Indigenous youth tournament in Ontario
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May/June 2024
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The wonderful wildlife of Nunavut
Narwhals, caribou, Arctic hare and more! Learn about the recent research being done on Nunavut’s unique flora and fauna.
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La merveilleuse faune du Nunavut
Narvals, caribous, lièvres arctiques et bien plus encore! Découvrez les recherches récentes menées sur la flore et la faune uniques du Nunavut.
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Wildlife Wednesday: Canada leads high seas mission to protect Pacific salmon
Plus: coyote compensation in Alberta, great white shark washed up in Haida Gwaii, baby red panda gets a new name at Toronto Zoo, and bumble bee breeding programme underway in Ontario
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Wildlife Wednesday: 7,000 apply to hunt “problem” grizzlies in Alberta
Plus: the key to a shrew’s heart, dino fossil mother lode discovered, and the toxic hitchhikers impacting the Arctic
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March/April 2024
Wildlife
Study reveals how Canadian songbirds change their bodies during migration
Researchers at Western University’s Advanced Facility for Avian Research explore how much songbirds’ bodies can change to fly higher when migrating
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Travel
Tide and joy: New Brunswick’s culinary delights
From learning the secret of hand-dipping chocolate to dining on lobster aboard a cruise, New Brunswick’s growing food scene boasts plenty of new culinary experiences
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Nature’s bathtub: British Columbia’s Liard River Hot Springs
Once a stopping point for workers carving out the Alaska Highway, these warm thermal waters are an oasis in northern B.C.
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Travel
The Essential Itinerary: Southern California
From sea caves to deserts, this three-day guide offers the perfect itinerary to make the most of this corner of California
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Cunard postcard: Alaska’s wonderful wildlife
RCGS Fellows Brian and Dee Keating share their experience aboard Queen Elizabeth and the wildlife encountered at sea
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If Prince Harry can conquer the skeleton, you can too
Robin Esrock heads to Whistler to tick the world’s fastest sliding track off his Canadian bucket list with a special appearance from Olympic champion Jon Montgomery
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Travel
Martinique: Exploring the Caribbean’s “island of flowers”
Renowned for its world-class beaches, ecotourism and historical sites, this tropical paradise exudes relaxation, making it the perfect destination to unwind and escape from everyday life
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Lodge at Bow Lake: A cozy retreat among the peaks
Recently renovated and renamed, the Lodge at Bow Lake (formerly Num-Ti-Jah Lodge) immerses guests in the history of Rocky Mountain exploration
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Travel
Chasing storms and shipwrecks on the Oregon Coast
Offering something for everyone, this 584-kilometre wind-swept shoreline is packed with historical sites, isolated beaches, quiet seaside towns and more
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Wildlife Wednesday: loss of bats to killer fungus linked to death of human infants
Plus: not so peachy jellyfish invade B.C., polar bears aren’t as old as once thought, and elephant seals can’t say no to a dinner bell
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Wildlife
Wildlife Wednesday: pink mutation, life is your creation
Plus: sharks in the Salish sea, T. rexzilla, shrinking puffins and youngsters flock to birding
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Wildlife Wednesday: a new genomic tool is teaching us more about “grolar” bears (or “pizzlies”)
Plus: an epic butterfly adventure, Indigenous-led solutions to boost endangered caribou and…are plants talking to each other?
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Wildlife
Wildlife Wednesday: Pacific salmon travel warm water ‘corridors’ to enter the Canadian Arctic
Plus: the sad death of Nakoda and her cubs, the NASA satellites tracking endangered wildlife, the climate challenges facing Atlantic herring, and… sharknados?
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Wildlife Wednesday: how sea otters are helping save marshes, one crab dinner at a time
Plus: blue and fin whales are mating ‘with porpoise,’ B.C. Court ruling finds an environment minister’s statement is ‘for the birds,’ hungry crustaceans chow down on live jellyfish, and why pigs wearing clothes is not the cute story you think it is
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Wildlife Wednesday: avian flu kills polar bear for the first time ever
Plus: beavers and AI team up to fight wildfire, swamp rodents invade Ontario, sharks in peril, and Great Bear hunting rights bought by conservation group
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Mapping
First ever map provides social-ecological view of Canada’s lakes
Developed by researchers from the Université de Montréal, the new map examines the health of lakes in 11 southern Canadian ecozones
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Découvrir Nuna, notre terre
Alors qu’on célébrera les 25 ans d’existence du Nunavut, les Inuits demandent de pouvoir décider de leur avenir.
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Knowing Nuna
As the territory turns 25, a call for an Inuit self-determined future in Nunavut
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Wildlife Wednesday: loons are suffering as water clarity diminishes
Plus: the elephant seal that keeps coming back, the fox that solved an infection mystery, and the hypersexual zombie cicadas about to emerge from the ground
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People & Culture
Our Country: Nick Kypreos
The former NHL-er and hockey analyst recalls Sunday road trips to Niagara Falls, Ont.
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History
Death rattle: a B.C. priest’s war on rattlesnakes
A look at the devastating environmental toll and the unlikely positive influence a historical conflict with rattlesnakes had on Canadian herpetology
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Wildlife
Wildlife Wednesday: narwhals no longer “at risk” after population quadruples
Plus: the relationship between pollinators and plants, huge Sitka spruce climbed in B.C.’s Carmanah Valley, Georgian Bay turtles get new nests, and how nature became a Spotify artist
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Wildlife
Announcing the winners of the 2024 Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year competition
Canadian Geographic is pleased to honour 16 photographers for their outstanding images of Canadian wildlife
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Seven things you might not know about Prince Edward Island
Upgrade your Canadian trivia skills with some lesser-known facts about Canada’s seventh province
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Wildlife Wednesday: the Greenland shark’s secret to 500-year life
Plus: the mammoths of Vancouver Island, the sustainable beluga-hunting of the Inuvialuit, and how some coho salmon stay sea lice-free
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Wildlife Wednesday: 14,000-year-old woolly mammoth tusk reveals 1,000-km Yukon-Alaska migration
Plus: The silver-haired bat that sings, the whale that lives in human-like clans, the industry that could breathe life into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the new regulations that aim to protect Canada’s most valuable fish
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Places
A fresh perspective: how changing the angle reveals a new face of the Canadian Rockies
Photographer Paul Zizka shares his process creating Aloft: Canadian Rockies Aerial Photography and the stories behind the shots
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Places
Think fast: Canada Post’s newest distribution warehouse
The new Albert Jackson Processing Centre has opened in Scarborough, Ont. and honours Toronto’s first Black letter carrier
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Wildlife
Wolf behaviour analysis: an excerpt from The Pipestone Wolves
Wolf behaviour expert and author Günter Bloch and renowned wildlife photographer John E. Marriott explore the rise and fall of Alberta’s Pipestone wolves
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People & Culture
Featured Fellow: Jenni Lessard
The Saskatchewan-based chef discusses her break into the culinary world and the importance of giving back
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People & Culture
Team Canada celebrates another successful year of the International Geography Olympiad
Ontario students bring back three medals and a collection of memories that will last a lifetime
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People & Culture
Book Excerpt: From a Square to a Circle: Haida Basketry
Haida weaver Delores Churchill shares the stories of her life, her culture and the importance of passing cultural knowledge in this part memoir, part how-to guide
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People & Culture
Treaty 3: A community copy’s 150-year journey through ancestral hands
It’s been a century and a half since Treaty 3 was signed. Anishinaabe Elder Sherry Copenace, whose great-grandfather was a keeper of an original community copy of the treaty, discusses its history and continued importance.
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Traité no 3 : Le voyage d’une copie communautaire à travers les mains de ses ancêtres, pendant 150 ans
Cela fit un siècle et demi que le Traité no 3 a été signé. L’aînée anishinaabe Sherry Copenace, dont l’arrière-grand-père était signataire du traité, discute de son histoire et de son importance continue.
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Aki Kikinomakaywin: “learning on the land”
At the Aki Kikinomakaywin culture camp, Anishinaabe youth weave worldviews together, connecting with their culture and learning to see themselves in the Western sciences
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Canadian Geographic’s Live Net Zero families take on their biggest challenge yet
The Home Improvement Challenge ran concurrently around all other themed challenges and had the potential to have the greatest effect on household emissions
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Wildlife
Bug Adventure: The six superpowers of bugs
The newest exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Nature invites visitors to experience the world from a bug’s perspective through immersive, sensory experiences
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Wildlife Wednesday: could traffic control for whales help prevent ship strikes?
Plus: bowhead whales spending more time in Arctic waters, Toronto Zoo’s newborn white rhino calf gets a name, bird brains are put to the test, and the pesky leafhopper that could help shed light on climate change
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Kids
Animal facts: Pine marten
Pine martens come from the Mustelidae family and are related to weasels, ferrets and otters. They use tree cavities as resting and breeding sites, so they favour woodland…
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Kids
Animal Facts: Wolverine
As the largest land-dwelling member of the weasel (Mustelidae) family, wolverines live in cold climates across North America and Eurasia. In Canada, wolverine populations are…
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Animal Facts: Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep are stocky, muscular animals known for their massive curled horns and impressive climbing abilities. They can be found scattered around southern British Columbia,…
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