
Wildlife
Wildlife Wednesday: Northern map turtles “breathe” through their skin to survive winter ice
Plus: caribou on camera in Wapusk National Park, black bears take over Yellowknife and large-taloned bird ancestry revealed
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Wildlife
Plus: caribou on camera in Wapusk National Park, black bears take over Yellowknife and large-taloned bird ancestry revealed
Wildlife
Plus: Honey bees love a puzzle and the efforts to save bison in Saskatoon, caribou in Jasper and spotted owls in B.C.
Wildlife
Plus: Orca missing out on the fattiest fish, the happy decline of humpback whale song, the 3,000-year-old caribou calving grounds and B.C.’s crabby green-shelled army
Wildlife
Plus: Alaskan wolves are getting a taste for sea otter, right whale-friendly lobster traps are hitting the market, AI is helping the fight against invasive phragmites, and First Nations discuss caribou protection
Wildlife
The failure to recognize distinct species and subspecies of caribou is hampering efforts to conserve them. So, I revised their taxonomy.
Environment
The Director of the Indigenous Leadership Initiative discusses COP15, the importance of the boreal forest and the vital role of Indigenous-led conservation and stewardship
Environment
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.
Environment
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
Environment
Decisions around where to establish new protected areas in Canada should consider wildlife and ecosystem health first
Wildlife
Plus: protecting Canada’s caribou and the struggle of the black spruce
People & Culture
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
Wildlife
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.
Wildlife
Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
Kids
Caribou are highly migratory animals that stay together in herds while they move almost constantly. …
Environment
The spider's web is the perfect metaphor for the interconnections between species, people and place
Wildlife
Environmental groups frustrated by lack of action on the part of the provinces
Mapping
Cartographic highlights from Canadian Geographic’s 2018 issues
People & Culture
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
Wildlife
Caribou numbers in Canada are dropping drastically — and quickly — leaving the iconic land mammal on the brink of extinction
Wildlife
A snapshot of the country’s drastically dwindling caribou herds
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