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In 1976, my husband’s grandparents solved one of the world’s great natural mysteries: the monarch butterfly migration. Four decades later, we retraced their journey.
Wildlife
Grizzlies, monarch butterflies and other keystone species could be at risk
Places
This is not your average summer job
Wildlife
An estimated annual $175-billion business, the illegal trade in wildlife is the world’s fourth-largest criminal enterprise. It stands to radically alter the animal kingdom.
Exploration
In new memoir The Escapist, Canadian mountaineer Gabriel Filippi details his most extreme adventures and tragedies
Exploration
RCGS Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth and dive partner Teddy Garlock made the first dive on the Queen of the Lakes since her resting place in Lake Ontario was confirmed in 2011
Exploration
Two hundred years before Franklin and 300 years before Amundsen, a daring Dane came closer to finding the Northwest Passage than anyone had before
Exploration
Since 1966, the number of Sprague’s pipits in the wild has declined by almost 80 per cent
Exploration
David McGuffin shares insights from his daily log during his summer 2018 expedition retracing a legendary trek on the Yukon’s Peel River
People & Culture
The story of how a critically endangered Indigenous language can be saved
History
Mapping
Indigenous rights activist and 60s Scoop survivor Colleen Cardinal discusses her project to map the Indigenous adoptee diaspora
People & Culture
Places
A guide to visiting the Northwest Territories National Park Reserves
Environment
Recent aquisitions in Kenauk and Lake Superior highlight the growing number of protected lands in Canada
Environment
For approximate the past 300 years the meltwater of Yukon’s Kaskawulsh Glacier has drained into Kluane Lake via Slims River. This spring it stopped.
Environment
A team of Canadian researchers has found evidence that microplastics and microfibers have infiltrated Arctic ecosystems, but the source of these tiny fragments is still unclear
Environment
Canada's largest cities are paving the way for more eco-conscious commuting choices
Environment
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Physical distancing requirements to slow the spread of COVID-19 will make it difficult for researchers to visit suspected tornado sites this year, so the team behind the Northern Tornadoes Project is calling on the public to help
History
Long before an amateur prospector struck it rich near Cobalt Lake in northern Ontario, local Indigenous nations mined and traded silver. It’s time to set the record straight on the “discovery” of Canada’s immense resource wealth.
History
Draken Harald Hårfagre—the world’s largest modern Viking ship—has arrived in St. Anthony, Newfoundland
History
History
The amazing story of Renatus Tuglavina, remembered in northern Labrador as a folk hero
People & Culture
One year post-legalization, a look at Canada’s changing relationship with pot
People & Culture
Depending on whom you ask, the North’s sentinel species is either on the edge of extinction or an environmental success story. An in-depth look at the complicated, contradictory and controversial science behind the sound bites
People & Culture
Uprooted repeatedly by development projects, the Oujé-Bougoumou Cree wandered boreal Quebec for 70 years before finding a permanent home. For some, the journey continues.
People & Culture
Showcasing the top shots in the 2021 CanGeo x Nikon #ShotOnNikon Photo Contest
People & Culture
This summer the RCGS-supported expedition Together to the Tundra spent two months canoeing through some of Canada's most remote landscapes. Here, Dan Clark tells one of their stories.
People & Culture
Expanded Explorer-in-Residence program to include storm chaser George Kourounis and solo explorer Adam Shoalts
Wildlife
This past summer an ambitious wildlife under/overpass system broke ground in B.C. on a deadly stretch of highway just west of the Alberta border. Here’s how it happened.
Wildlife
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
Environment
Herb Norwegian, Grand Chief of the Dehcho First Nations, is the recipient of this year’s Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize
Exploration
A century after a Canadian was instrumental in charting the world's highest peak, a fellow Canadian reflects on the magnetism of Everest
Kids
Meet the top 20 finalists competing in the 2021 Challenge National Final
People & Culture
Multilingualism is at the heart of Canada‘s identity. It’s also a matter of decency and human rights.
Environment
Canada leads the developed world in per capita production of garbage. What’s behind our nation’s wasteful ways?
Wildlife
When one of the few remaining females of reproductive age in the southern resident population of North Pacific killer whales was found dead near Comox B.C. in 2014, an investigation was launched. The results highlight the challenges of protecting our most iconic marine mammals.
Wildlife
Plus, more news from the North: new polar bear population brings hope, Nunavik sentinel discovers new butterfly species, N.W.T. gets a new National Wildlife Area and Canada’s Arctic provides a blueprint for life on Mars.
Wildlife
With millions of photos taken globally each day on smartphones, researchers have found they may also contain important ecological clues about our rapidly changing planet
Wildlife
Wildlife
Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario
Wildlife
Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
Environment
The Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society teamed up for two days of talks on the future of the Arctic and the “blue economy” in Norway and Canada
Mapping
After years of work, the Sixties Scoop Network has launched their interactive mapping platform In our own Words: Mapping the Sixties Scoop Diaspora.
People & Culture
People & Culture
In this exclusive excerpt from Kenn Harper’s new book, the Arctic historian explores tales of Inuit and Christian beliefs and how these came to coexist — and sometimes clash — in the 19th and 20th centuries
People & Culture
There is up to a 40 per cent chance a shoreline road on Lake Erie, which acts as a dike, will fail
People & Culture
Links to previous Canadian Geographic stories provide coverage and context
People & Culture
Part of our Colour the Trails series.
Environment
Timber poaching has become “a problem in every national forest,” with an estimated $1 billion worth of wood poached yearly in North America
People & Culture
Master carpenter Gordon Macdonald on restoring an iconic B.C. bridge, the value of heritage infrastructure, and why he's set his sights on the Antarctic
People & Culture
Memoirs, a graphic novel and the biography of a famous ship are among Canadian Geographic's choices for the 14 best books of the year
Mapping
Six urban planning experts share their views on municipal actions during COVID-19
People & Culture
From Arctic Air to the Littlest Hobo, here are the shows that unintentionally taught us about Canada
Travel
People & Culture
Louie Kamookak is an Inuit historian whose work helped locate the lost Erebus ship. However, he's not the only Inuk who played an important role in the century-long search.
History
These images from the first half of the 20th century show Canada's oldest national park when it was still young
People & Culture
In this essay, noted geologist and geophysicist Fred Roots explores the significance of the symbolic point at the top of the world. He submitted it to Canadian Geographic just before his death in October 2016 at age 93.
Travel
The geological formations that surround Gangler's North Seal River Lodge in northwestern Manitoba are intriguing pathways to the past
People & Culture
Our experts wrap up their discussion of the AMC series about the Franklin Expedition
Environment
Adam Weymouth's first book, Kings of the Yukon, sees him paddle the length of the Yukon River to trace the route of migrating chinook salmon
People & Culture
Three Canadian photojournalists among those honoured for visual storytelling
People & Culture
Sometimes, the people you interview puncture you and you can’t leave them behind
History
A new book by Ken McGoogan traces the experiences of Scottish Highlanders evicted from their homes to pre-Confederation Canada
People & Culture
Waldron spoke with Canadian Geographic about representation for women and racialized communities
People & Culture
Phyllis Webstad turns her residential school experience into a powerful tool for reconciliation through Orange Shirt Day
Travel
This historic route is a must-drive for any traveller seeking the freedom of the open road with a healthy dose of amazing vistas
People & Culture
Prince Philip is considered one of the first environmentalists
People & Culture
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Jean Trebek and Rear-Admiral Rebecca Patterson join the organization as Honorary Fellows
People & Culture
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