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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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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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Our Country: Elladj Baldé
The figure skater finds freedom on the wild ice of Lake Minnewanka, Alta.
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Exceeding expectations on Canada’s tallest peak
Ice core scientist and alpine climber Alison Criscitiello discusses her record-breaking expedition to Mt. Logan
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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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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 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 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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The wonderful wildlife of Nunavut
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Wildlife Wednesday: tiny, endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle found on Magdalen Islands for the first time
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The impressive acoustics of the great grey owl
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Embracing the love for the outdoors (friluftsliv) in Norway
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Peru for the female traveller
Five fun extras on Alpaca Expeditions’ inaugural women-only trek
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RV’ing to Alberta’s Waterton Lakes National Park
Flanked by the Rocky Mountains, Waterton is one of Canada’s most underrated national parks, complete with mountain vistas, thundering waterfalls and more
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Inside the Calgary Stampede
Robin Esrock heads to Alberta to discover “The Greatest Show on Earth”
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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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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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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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Au nom de l’humanité : 75 ans depuis la proclamation de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme
Le 10 décembre 1948, les Nations unies adoptaient un document prometteur énonçant les fondements des droits de la personne et de la dignité humaine. Mais qui était le Canadien qui a contribué à la réalisation de ce document ?
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Un rappel à notre mémoire : souligner le 70e anniversaire de l’armistice de la Guerre de Corée
Le 27 juillet 1953, un armistice a été signé, mettant fin aux effusions de sang de la guerre de Corée – mais pas à la guerre elle-même. Depuis, des questions ont été soulevées quant à la commémoration du conflit au Canada et ailleurs.
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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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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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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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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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In the name of humanity: Recognizing 75 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
On Dec. 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted an aspirational document articulating the foundations for human rights and dignity, but who was the Canadian that helped make it possible?
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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 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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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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Mapping water flow in the Peace-Athabasca Delta
While most of the delta lies within the federally protected Wood Buffalo National Park, activity outside the park could threaten its future
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Featured Fellow: David Mearns
The shipwreck hunter discusses his love of marine science, the search for Quest and becoming a Fellow of the RCGS
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Excerpt from Manomin: Caring for Ecosystems and Each Other
Grounded in Indigenous methodologies, Manomin examines our interconnectedness with the natural world
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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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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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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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A winter stay at Mount Engadine Lodge in Kananaskis Country
Tales of epic winter trails, mountain scenes, and delicious eats at this rustic Alberta getaway
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Splendour and Awfulness
Stephen J. Pyne, the author of Awful Splendour: A fire history of Canada, says we are well beyond learning to live with fire — we now have to live with a fire age
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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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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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Our Country: Chantal Petitclerc
The Quebec senator and former Paralympian on the joy of skiing in Kananaskis, Alta.
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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: 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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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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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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Wildlife Wednesday: Toronto Zoo welcomes twin snow leopard cubs!
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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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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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Creating legacies on Costa Rica’s Pacuare River
The ultimate rainforest retreat complete with eco-adventures, hands-on education and adrenaline-inducing activities amidst tropical jungle scenery
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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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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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Pooneh Maghoul on the goals and challenges of studying permafrost thaw in the Arctic
The civil engineering professor at Polytechnique Montréal discusses how AI is being used to forecast permafrost thaw in northern Canada
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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 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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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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Wildlife Wednesday: revealing the life of the Coast Salish woolly dog through oral histories and ancient genomics
Plus: experience life as a Toronto raccoon, red-throated loons learn an icy lesson, and orca use icebergs to scratch their itches
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Wildlife Wednesday: can the mighty muskox survive its greatest test yet?
Plus: a sea lion and an octopus fight to the death, new luminescence discovered in sea cucumbers, volcanic winters may have caused dinosaur extinction, and the white bison gene is revealed.
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Negril, Jamaica: The “trip” you need to take
Microdosing psilocybin, plus three other ways to relax and unwind by the crystal-clear waters of western Jamaica
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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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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 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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Hiking on the Gaspé Peninsula
A five-night, four-day adventure through Québec’s Gaspé Peninsula, full of mountain peaks, sweeping landscapes and close moose encounters
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Expedition leaders who discovered Endurance and Quest enthrall crowd at Festival of Shackleton
RCGS find of Quest featured at major Shackleton gathering in Dundee, Scotland
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Exploring the inner lives of sperm whales with Shane Gero
The biologist talks whale reserves in the Caribbean and an international effort to communicate with sperm whales
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Researchers design cooling stations to help Atlantic salmon
As Atlantic Canada’s rivers heat up, engineers may have devised a solution to increase critically important cold spots
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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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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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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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Come wind or rain: the latest Chalk River protest
Protesters gather outside of the Supreme Court to oppose nuclear dump development near Ottawa River
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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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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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Featured Fellow: Mark Nadjiwan
The Neyaashiinigmiing Unceded First Nation artist discusses his connection to the Canada jay and becoming a Fellow of the RCGS
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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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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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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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Our Country: Nick Kypreos
The former NHL-er and hockey analyst recalls Sunday road trips to Niagara Falls, Ont.
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The light stuff: Canada’s aurora borealis
Shiny auroras will fly farther south over the next 18 months
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Spending the night in North America’s only ice hotel
An unforgettable Nordic-inspired experience where ice and snow are transformed into an enchanting overnight stay
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