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No whales? No problem. The forest had other plans.

Six of Canada’s most fascinating deep-sea creatures

Beavers and the art of ecological resilience

Dam proud: How the beaver has shaped Canada’s environment

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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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Kids

Animal Facts: Great grey owl

Despite being Manitoba’s official bird, the great grey owl can be found in nearly every Canadian province and territory. …

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Wildlife

10 things you didn’t know about moths

An insect of many talents, here’s why moths are one of the world’s most underrated animals

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Faune sans frontières

La détérioration des relations binationales et le démantèlement des agences scientifiques Américaines jettent une ombre d’incertitude sur les efforts de conservation transfrontaliers actuels

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Wildlife without borders: Conservation in the time of Trump

The breakdown of binational relations and gutting of U.S. science agencies brings uncertainty to current cross-border conservation efforts

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Wildlife

The dam, the myth, the legend: 50 years of the beaver

An exploration of the buck-toothed, flat-tailed, landscape-shifting icon celebrating 50 years as Canada’s national symbol

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Wildlife

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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The impressive acoustics of the great grey owl

Using their remarkable sense of hearing, great grey owls can pinpoint prey deep beneath the snow, picking up sounds as low as -14 decibels from 50 metres away

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La merveilleuse faune du Nunavut

The race to save B.C.’s bats

Excerpt from The Courage of Birds: And the Often Surprising Ways They Survive Winter

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Wildlife

Melting away: The fight against Sea Star Wasting Disease

Across the Pacific Northwest, sea stars are melting at an astonishing rate as a result of a deadly disease — find out what researchers are doing and how you can help study the issue

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Unpacking the mystery of grizzly bears in Wapusk National Park

In the Hudson Bay Lowlands, polar bears have reigned supreme. Increased sightings of a new predator have everyone on high alert.

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Wildlife

Photos: behind the scenes of Hope for Wildlife

Photographer Brittany Crossman explores the vital work being done inside one of Canada’s most well-known wildlife rehabilitation centres

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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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Shark tales: Canada’s great whites

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The otter, the urchin and the Haida

Wildlife

Do not disturb: Practicing ethical wildlife photography

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Guardians of the glacial past

Wildlife

Award-winning photos capture doomed salamanders in Algonquin Park

Wildlife

The call of the loon

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Wildlife

The naturalist and the wonderful, lovable, very bold jay

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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Canada‘s largest EVER private conservation project

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

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What’s in a name? Problematic names in the world of wildlife

Wildlife names that could use a rebrand

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Wildlife Wednesday: Birds, butterflies, bears, bats and… babies!

Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news

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Study finds half of Canada’s vertebrate wildlife species are in decline

Habitat loss, pollution, climate change have all contributed to steep declines of some species since 1970

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Mapping

Global map depicts mammal movement between protected areas

Connecting protected areas allows wildlife to roam, and is a vital part of the conservation conversation

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No bats, no chocolate — plus five more reasons you should love bats

From contributing to the production of chocolate to regulating mosquito populations, bats are important animals that play a significant role in the world’s ecosystems