Wildlife
Is this the year we see a baby narluga?
Plus: good news for Roosevelt elk, a new look for Alberta bison, a genetic disposition to wander for caribou and a big wildlife boost for southern Ontario
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The mysterious 500-kilometre, 20-year odyssey of Wolf 57
Plus: a caribou’s dinner, avian “flyways,” what astronauts can learn from squirrels — and blue whale tongue-eating orcas
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Wildlife
Walrus watching, sleepy bats and lost petrels
Plus: protecting Canada’s caribou and the struggle of the black spruce
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Environment
Modelling threats to caribou in Ontario’s Ring of Fire
As interest in Ontario’s mineral-rich Ring of Fire region grows, caribou face threats on multiple fronts. New research could help chart a path to their conservation.
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People & Culture
Northern exposure: Tomson Highway recalls a childhood encounter with the sub-Arctic wind
Born into a nomadic, caribou-hunting Cree family in northern Manitoba, acclaimed playwright and novelist Tomson Highway pays tribute to the magical world of his childhood in Permanent Astonishment
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Muskwa-Kechika: An opportunity for bold conservation action
By protecting the Muskwa-Kechika, a vast, wild region of mountains, glaciers, and boreal forest in north-central B.C., we can create a climate refuge for vulnerable species
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Environment
Mapping out a new approach to biodiversity protection
Decisions around where to establish new protected areas in Canada should consider wildlife and ecosystem health first
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Wildlife
Critical habitat for boreal woodland caribou still unprotected six months after deadline
Environmental groups frustrated by lack of action on the part of the provinces
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Maternal pen project could be last chance for tiny endangered mountain caribou herd
The South Selkirk mountain caribou herd currently numbers just 11 animals
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Caribou are vanishing at an alarming rate. Is it too late to save them?
After more than a million years on Earth, the caribou is under threat of global extinction. The precipitous decline of the once mighty herds is a tragedy that is hard to watch — and even harder to reverse.
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Wildlife
Wildlife Wednesday: Baby caribou, star-crossed salmon and bringing buffalo back
Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
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Mapping
Our best maps of 2018
Cartographic highlights from Canadian Geographic’s 2018 issues
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People & Culture
Living off-grid in Canada’s North
In her memoir, Voice in the Wild, journalist Laurie Sarkadi shares stories from her nearly 30 years living off-grid in the Subarctic, with wolves, bears and caribou as her neighbours
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Wildlife
At risk of extinction
Caribou numbers in Canada are dropping drastically — and quickly — leaving the iconic land mammal on the brink of extinction
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Environment
What spiders can teach us about ecology
The spider's web is the perfect metaphor for the interconnections between species, people and place
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Wildlife
Mapping the decline of Canada’s caribou
A snapshot of the country’s drastically dwindling caribou herds
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