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History
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History
The little-known story of the 1918 Spanish Flu and how we're preparing for the next great pandemic
Environment
As the federal government considers the fate of proposed pipelines, a unique science experiment aims to understand the consequences of an oil spill in a freshwater lake
Environment
Recent challenges to evidence-based policy in Canada and the United States highlight a need for more transparency and advocacy for government scientists, study authors say
Travel
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.
Environment
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
Environment
Because temperatures in the Arctic are rising faster than anywhere else in the world, we must look to the experiences of Inuit as a harbinger of what is to come — and seek their guidance on how to live sustainably
Environment
Ten years after the release of her seminal book Sea Sick, Alanna Mitchell again plumbs the depths of the latest research on the health of the world’s oceans — and comes up gasping
Wildlife
Organizations would like to see at least 50 per cent of the boreal forest protected from industrial development
Environment
This week, the International Union of Geological Sciences will consider a proposal to add a new epoch to the geologic time scale — one that reflects the impact of human activity on Earth's natural systems
Wildlife
Wildlife
This deadly disease has killed more than 5.7 million bats, and it's spreading
Wildlife
In Ice Bear, Michael Engelhard untangles our complicated love/hate relationship with this iconic Arctic animal
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
Environment
Timber poaching has become “a problem in every national forest,” with an estimated $1 billion worth of wood poached yearly in North America
Environment
Environment
How much do you know about Canada’s water — where it comes from and how it’s used?
Environment
Doing your part as an eco-conscious consumer doesn’t end once you buy a bioplastic product
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Travel
Trivia nut Heather Yundt uncovers some of the lesser known, yet compelling curiosities of UNESCO's past and present global icons
Travel
Exploring the distinct neighbourhoods of the Big Easy
Travel
Travel
Explore Canada’s car culture, tour one of the country’s last great estates and catch a rainbow trout
Travel
Explorer and author Sir Christopher Ondaatje escapes each summer to the shores of Nova Scotia. This is his tribute to Chester.
Exploration
Ken Hedges of the 1968-69 British Trans Arctic Expedition reflects on the perilous and ground-breaking journey
Exploration
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
Exploration
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.
Mapping
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.
Mapping
Indigenous rights activist and 60s Scoop survivor Colleen Cardinal discusses her project to map the Indigenous adoptee diaspora
People & Culture
Director Bill Morrison discusses Dawson City: Frozen in Time and the bizarre story of the Dawson City film collection
People & Culture
Medal honours the former President's role in expanding the U.S. national parks system and work with Habitat for Humanity
Environment
First of two summer expeditions that will livestream deep-ocean exploration set off for Gulf of Maine today
Wildlife
Researchers suggest effects of climate change could increase number of attacks, which historically have been low
Wildlife
After spending the past 17 years underground, a brood of cicadas will soon emerge en masse in the northeastern United States.
Environment
Canada leads the developed world in per capita production of garbage. What’s behind our nation’s wasteful ways?
People & Culture
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
People & Culture
The story of a biologist’s lifelong study of an endangered species — and its future
Wildlife
On New Brunswick’s Machias Seal Island, predatory gulls are pushing endangered Arctic tern colonies to the brink, creating a dilemma for wildlife managers
People & Culture
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
Science & Tech
Canada has about 160,000 megawatts of untapped hydro power. How can we access it?
Wildlife
North America’s monarch butterfly population has more than tripled in Mexico this winter, despite reaching dangerously low numbers in the past
Environment
Environment
It’s saplings vs. climate change, ‘Survivor’ style
Environment
How a cocktail of invasive species and global change is altering the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River ecosystem
History
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
Kids
The behind-the-scenes story of how Team Canada captured the silver medal in a thrilling tiebreaker at the 2013 National Geographic World Championship
Wildlife
Ross’s geese are causing ecological damage in the Arctic after a dramatic population increase
Wildlife
A project to bring more sockeye salmon back to Osoyoos Lake, B.C. is showing encouraging results
Science & Tech
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.
Wildlife
Has there ever been a national symbol more loathed or misunderstood? Has there ever been a more important time for the beaver to flourish?
Science & Tech
A Q&A with concrete-canoe-building engineers
People & Culture
How theatre is helping Central American women cope with the perils of migrating to the United States
Science & Tech
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.
Wildlife
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.
Mapping
Think you know more about the world than than a Canadian Geographic Challenge contestant?
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Environment
Buttes are common across western Canada and the United States.
Environment
Environment
A massive amount of ‘virtual water’ is moving around regions and crossing borders in our food and other products
Wildlife
The threat this fish poses to the Great Lakes
Environment
The uncertainty and change that's currently disrupting the region dominated the annual meeting's agenda
Wildlife
One thing researchers weren't expecting to find: yellow perch cannabalism
Places
How conservationists and ranchers in Saskatchewan are working to slow the loss of an endangered ecosystem
People & Culture
The history behind the Dundas name change and how Canadians are reckoning with place name changes across the country — from streets to provinces
People & Culture
See the impact of the West Coast wildfires through the lenses of our Can Geo photo community
People & Culture
Despite being the originators of lacrosse, the Haudenosaunee people are facing hurdles to have their sovereignty recognized on the international sports stage
People & Culture
A new book remembers famed the Onondaga distance runner and explores how Canada uses sport to police Indigenous bodies and identities
Science & Tech
Unmanned aerial vehicles are controversial; we explore their pros and cons