Ken Hedges of the 1968-69 British Trans Arctic Expedition reflects on the perilous and ground-breaking journey

Author Ken McGoogan says his latest book, Dead Reckoning: The Untold Story of the Northwest Passage, is the "more inclusive narrative of Arctic exploration" that the 21st century demands 

On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens exploded in the largest volcanic disaster ever recorded in the United States. Forty years later, work continues to understand the eruption and its aftermath — with some surprising Canadian connections.

While the United States served up enough daily calories per capita to keep it in the red, it was surprisingly Austria that topped the list with 3,769 calories.

Indigenous rights activist and 60s Scoop survivor Colleen Cardinal discusses her project to map the Indigenous adoptee diaspora

Director Bill Morrison discusses Dawson City: Frozen in Time and the bizarre story of the Dawson City film collection 

Medal honours the former President's role in expanding the U.S. national parks system and work with Habitat for Humanity

First of two summer expeditions that will livestream deep-ocean exploration set off for Gulf of Maine today

Researchers suggest effects of climate change could increase number of attacks, which historically have been low

After spending the past 17 years underground, a brood of cicadas will soon emerge en masse in the northeastern United States.

Canada leads the developed world in per capita production of garbage. What’s behind our nation’s wasteful ways? 

Heather Greenwood Davis visits Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site in Dresden, Ont., to learn more about the contentious inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe’s classic, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

The story of a biologist’s lifelong study of an endangered species — and its future

On New Brunswick’s Machias Seal Island, predatory gulls are pushing endangered Arctic tern colonies to the brink, creating a dilemma for wildlife managers

The authors of a provocative new book, Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline, explain why statisticians have it wrong when it comes to population trends 

Canada has about 160,000 megawatts of untapped hydro power. How can we access it?

North America’s monarch butterfly population has more than tripled in Mexico this winter, despite reaching dangerously low numbers in the past

It’s saplings vs. climate change, ‘Survivor’ style

How a cocktail of invasive species and global change is altering the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River ecosystem

A century ago, a strange drama played out on Wrangel Island in the Russian Arctic. The hero of this tale? A 23-year-old Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack

The behind-the-scenes story of how Team Canada captured the silver medal in a thrilling tiebreaker at the 2013 National Geographic World Championship

Ross’s geese are causing ecological damage in the Arctic after a dramatic population increase

A project to bring more sockeye salmon back to Osoyoos Lake, B.C. is showing encouraging results

For scientists and northern lights rubberneckers, 2013 promises to be a once-in-a-decade opportunity to experience the sun’s magnetic power at its height.

Has there ever been a national symbol more loathed or misunderstood? Has there ever been a more important time for the beaver to flourish?

A Q&A with concrete-canoe-building engineers

How theatre is helping Central American women cope with the perils of migrating to the United States

How has Ontario's green energy shift affected the province? What have been the effects of oil prices' decline in Canada? Perrin Beatty weighs in.

Here’s the good news about monarch butterflies: the area of its wintering grounds in Mexico in December 2014 increased by 69 per cent compared to December 2013.

Think you know more about the world than than a Canadian Geographic Challenge contestant?

Buttes are common across western Canada and the United States.

A massive amount of ‘virtual water’ is moving around regions and crossing borders in our food and other products

The threat this fish poses to the Great Lakes

The uncertainty and change that's currently disrupting the region dominated the annual meeting's agenda

One thing researchers weren't expecting to find: yellow perch cannabalism

How conservationists and ranchers in Saskatchewan are working to slow the loss of an endangered ecosystem

The history behind the Dundas name change and how Canadians are reckoning with place name changes across the country — from streets to provinces

See the impact of the West Coast wildfires through the lenses of our Can Geo photo community 

Despite being the originators of lacrosse, the Haudenosaunee people are facing hurdles to have their sovereignty recognized on the international sports stage

A new book remembers famed the Onondaga distance runner and explores how Canada uses sport to police Indigenous bodies and identities

Unmanned aerial vehicles are controversial; we explore their pros and cons