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Safeguarding the future of Canada’s environment
Wildlife
What is the most “Canadian” animal? It’s not the moose
People & Culture
Our Green Heart – The Soul and Science of Forests with Diana Beresford-Kroeger
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Environment
Wonder and loss: the deep ocean and its future
Environment
Taviss Edwards and Melissa Peters on teaching the next generation about the Canadian wilderness
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Environment
Live Net Zero: Reducing household electricity consumption
From automating lightswitches to pulling the plug on non-energy efficient appliances, the Live Net Zero families embraced an electrifying challenge
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Environment
The power we have to renew a world in peril
In an exclusive excperpt from his new book Commanding Hope, Thomas Homer-Dixon highlights four key stresses that inhibit society's collective sense of a promising future for our planet
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Environment
Photos: How climate change is transforming Canada
From floods to fires, drought to coastal erosion, climate change is already having an impact on Canada's communities, landscapes and wildlife
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Science & Tech
Canadian Space Agency to launch new RADARSAT mission in November
The newest generation of the successful RADARSAT program will see three small satellites orbit Earth in tandem to provide detailed environmental data to Canadian researchers and government departments
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Places
Parks Canada to take ‘nature first’ approach to managing national parks
Responding to feedback from Canadians, environment minister Catherine McKenna promised a renewed focus on science and conservation for Canada's protected places
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Excerpt from Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World
A look into the subtle ways nature is in constant collaboration and not as competitive as we think
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Wildlife
Bioacoustics: What nature’s sounds can tell us about the health of our world
Recording the soundscapes of our ecosystems is a burgeoning field that allows researchers to better decode what the Earth is saying. But are we listening?
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People & Culture
‘Frick, I Love Nature’: CBC Gem’s newest comedy/nature series you need to see to believe
Hosted by Gordie Lucius, this Edmonton-made series takes viewers on a grand adventure to understand all of nature’s most interesting (and questionable) gifts
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Douze photographes canadiens partagent la nature qu’ils adorent
Nous avons demandé à certains des photographes les plus remarquables du Canada d’expliquer pourquoi ils dédient leur temps à capter des images de la nature. Voici ce qu’ils ont révélé.
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People & Culture
12 Canadian photographers share the nature they love
We asked some of Canada’s most accomplished photographers why they dedicate their time to capturing images of nature. Here’s what they said.
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Environment
Timber poaching: The secretive crime decimating North America’s forests
Timber poaching has become “a problem in every national forest,” with an estimated $1 billion worth of wood poached yearly in North America
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Environment
Op-ed: The Amazon fires are back — and the consequences affect us all
Bioethicist and conservationist Kerry Bowman on the 2020 Amazonian forest fires — as bad, or worse than 2019's — and why Canadians should be very concerned
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Environment
“It’s at the very core of everything”: The significance of Canada’s wild rivers
Only a third of the world’s rivers longer than 1,000 kilometres remain free-flowing. In North America, 70 per cent of those are in Canada. Meet some of the people who want to keep it that way
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Wildlife
Trump’s proposed changes to Endangered Species Act worry Canadian conservationists
Grizzlies, monarch butterflies and other keystone species could be at risk
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Searching for hope on deep coral reefs in Guadeloupe
How research on little-known “marine animal forests” could shine a light on ocean hope spots — and why they need protecting
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Exploration
Documentary filmmakers find 1895 steamship wreck in Lake Huron
Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick set out to make a documentary about invasive quagga mussels in the Great Lakes. Along the way, they found the wreck of what is likely the steamship Africa, last seen on a stormy October night in 1895.
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Environment
Searching for seaweed in Canada’s Western Arctic
A multi-year diving expedition led by the Canadian Museum of Nature aims to learn more about the diversity and distribution of seaweed in the Arctic
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Environment
Everything you need to know about COP15 in Montreal
Representatives from 196 countries will meet in December to create a plan to save the planet’s dwindling biodiversity
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Environment
How does your garden grow?
As cities and towns continue to expand into our wild landscapes, conservation gardens can provide refuge for Canada’s plummeting biodiversity
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Environment
Habitat of the heart
An exclusive excerpt from nature-deficit disorder expert Richard Louv's new book Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives — and Save Theirs
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Environment
Five green highlights of the latest federal budget
Budget 2018 contains some major investments in Canada's wilderness and wildlife. Here are the highlights.
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Environment
Saskatchewan’s wild boar problem
A porcine invader poses a serious risk to the province's agriculture industry and native vegetation
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Wildlife
Every day is Halloween for these eerie insects
Often gory and gross, insects use disguises to improve ther odds of survival
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Environment
Live Net Zero: Turning up the heat
In the heating and cooling challenge, the participating families found ways to improve the energy efficiency of their home’s HVAC – from heat pumps to solar panels
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Environment
Network of Nature: The new program working to restore Canada’s biodiversity, one plant at a time
Network of Nature aims to inspire Canadians to improve the long-term health of our ecosystems through the planting of native species
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Environment
The many benefits of the minuscule but mighty Miyawaki forests
Pioneered by a Japanese botanist, compact Miyawaki forests are beginning to replace backyard lawns on tiny plots around Canada
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Environment
All about bees: Common misconceptions, helping pollinators and how to actually ‘save the bees’
A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee: Creating Habitat Gardens for Native Pollinators is an inspiring and practical guide that will help gardeners create habitats full of life and learn about what is needed to take action to support and protect pollinators
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People & Culture
A community’s quest to document every species on their island home
Naming leads to knowing, which leads to understanding. Residents of a small British Columbia island take to the forests and beaches to connect with their nonhuman neighbours
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One in eight bird species is at risk of extinction: report
Agricultural expansion, invasive species, climate change blamed for decline in bird species worldwide
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Wildlife
Inside the mysterious decline of Earth’s insects
Insects are by far the most populous species on the planet, but they seem to be disappearing. Why aren’t more people concerned?
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5 Canadian artists addressing Canada’s increasingly threatened landscapes
A century after the Group of Seven became famous for an idealized vision of Canadian nature, contemporary artists are incorporating environmental activism into work that highlights Canada’s disappearing landscapes
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Environment
Exclusive interview: Catherine McKenna on the science, community and value of parks
The Environment and Climate Change minister shares insights from her recent tour of Labrador's Nunatsiavut region and Torngat Mountains National Park
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Environment
Canada’s dirty secret
Canada leads the developed world in per capita production of garbage. What’s behind our nation’s wasteful ways?
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Environment
Seven iconic Canadian trees
In a nation of forests, these trees stand head and shoulders above the rest
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Environment
Meet the winners of the 2017 Nature Inspiration Awards
Seven outstanding individuals recognized for their contributions to nature and the environment
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Environment
Environmental groups unite to demand a zero-plastic waste future for Canada
In a declaration released in advance of this weekend’s G7 summit, more than 40 environmental groups have challenged Canada to achieve zero plastic waste by 2025
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Environment
In the Supreme Court’s Peel watershed decision, signs of hope for a new land power paradigm
To many, the Yukon appears to be the vanguard of a growing Indigenous land power movement in Canada centred mostly in the North
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Science & Tech
Citizen to scientist: Six apps that can help you make a difference
Whether you’re monitoring monarchs or searching for snakes, these mobile apps will allow you to become a scientist right from your backyard
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People & Culture
Six Canadians receive grants for projects to get youth active in nature
The projects, all led by young women, range in theme from camping to climate change mitigation
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Environment
Dehcho Grand Chief honoured for bold conservation approach
Herb Norwegian, Grand Chief of the Dehcho First Nations, is the recipient of this year’s Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize
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Environment
Meet five young scientists taking on major environmental issues
These finalists in the 57th annual Canada-Wide Science Fair prove the future is in good hands
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Science & Tech
Citizen science platform iNaturalist is testing artificial intelligence to help with species identification
Can a computer learn to identify species?
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Environment
Why Canada needs an Environmental Bill of Rights
What do you get the country that has it all for its 150th birthday?
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Environment
The day the cod collapsed
An exclusive excerpt from the new book Cod Collapse: The Rise and Fall of Newfoundland's Saltwater Cowboys
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Environment
Behind the Canadian Shield
To fully understand our national identity, we must consider Canada’s geology as well as its geography
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Environment
My relationship with nature: It’s complicated
Experts tackle our difficult relationship with nature in panel discussions hosted by Nature Conservancy of Canada
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Wildlife
Survey finds Canadians support limiting human activity to save endangered species — up to a point
Biologists wanted to know what Canadians would be willing to sacrifice in the name of conservation
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