Wildlife
Award-winning birder and acclaimed writer Pete Dunne explores how birds in North America have adapted to survive the challenges of the winter season
Wildlife
Urban and migratory birds rely on city spaces to rest and recharge; here’s how you can help
Wildlife
Researchers at Western University’s Advanced Facility for Avian Research explore how much songbirds’ bodies can change to fly higher when migrating
Wildlife
Plus: the stolen 200-kilo polar bear, the bat that leapfrogs its way home, and the weird ancient tree straight out of The Lorax
Wildlife
Canada jays thrive in the cold. The life’s work of one biologist gives us clues as to how they’ll fare in a hotter world.
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Plus: orcas are eating a toxic diet, southern birds are moving in on northern birds thanks to climate change, North Atlantic right whale population is steadying, and red swamp crayfish are showing up unwanted in Nova Scotia
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Plus: city lights make bird eyes smaller, killer whales play “pass the porpoise,” Atlantic walrus more at risk than ever, and grizzly bears besieged by forestry roads
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Plus: Canadian scientist witnesses sperm whale birth, wildlife get that shrinking feeling, migratory birds fly ever higher, and teeth tell time (sort of)
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Plus: caribou on camera in Wapusk National Park, black bears take over Yellowknife and large-taloned bird ancestry revealed
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Plus: investigating a mysterious golden eagle flight, rescuing abandoned piping plover eggs, running North America’s largest bug farm, and more.
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
Wildlife
Agricultural expansion, invasive species, climate change blamed for decline in bird species worldwide
Wildlife
Insects are by far the most populous species on the planet, but they seem to be disappearing. Why aren’t more people concerned?
Wildlife
Organizations would like to see at least 50 per cent of the boreal forest protected from industrial development
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Plus: “bees of the sea” are pollinating underwater plants, snow geese are bouncing back hard, Greenland sharks are appearing in unlikely waters and birds are proving smarter than ever
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How one grassroots organization in Toronto makes our glass landscapes less deadly for birds.
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Also: Climate changed restaurant menus, sandhill cranes in New Brunswick, bears waking up from their slumber — and a pesky woodpecker hits Canada where it hurts
Places
Off the northwest tip of Vancouver Island, an isolated speck of “inhospitable” land is home and sanctuary to millions of seabirds
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Plus: a caribou’s dinner, avian “flyways,” what astronauts can learn from squirrels — and blue whale tongue-eating orcas
Wildlife
On New Brunswick’s Machias Seal Island, predatory gulls are pushing endangered Arctic tern colonies to the brink, creating a dilemma for wildlife managers
Wildlife
Study finds birds near noisy sites are stressed out and struggling to adapt
Wildlife
No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange
Environment
The celebrated Canadian novelist's first foray into comics is for the birds. But also the cats.
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The new president of Birds Canada gives us an inside look at Canada’s largest citizen science movement
Wildlife
Wildlife names that could use a rebrand
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Our feathered friends are increasingly calling our urban centres home. Why crows in particular are nesting among us.
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For decades, the gregarious bird of the northern forest was simply called the “grey jay.” Now, ornithologists are once again embracing the jay’s nationality.
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Conserving at-risk species is difficult when they’re constantly crossing international borders, but digital tools are making it easier than ever to track feathered globetrotters
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Synanthropes: wild animals that live near and benefit from humans. An exploration of why some species thrive among us, and how urban planners are managing their increasing numbers.
Wildlife
Wildlife is figuring out that human infrastructure helps with the hunt
People & Culture
The best of the best images from Canadian Geographic’s 2018 competition
Environment
A booming economy, a thriving community, a healthy environment — can Vancouver have it all?
Places
The majority of bird species sighted on the Atlantic island are “vagrants” far outside their ordinary range