From a multi-tool that will help you tap into your inner MacGyver to an outdoor cocktail set for stylish fireside sipping, our editors have rounded up some last-minute gift ideas for the nature lovers in your life

Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us

A professional pilot guides three first-timers down a bobsleigh track

With powerful warmth and a pretty profile, the Columbia Heatzone 1000 Turbodown may just be the perfect winter coat for the average Canadian

In Banff National Park, Alberta, as in protected areas across the country, managers find it difficult to balance the desire of people to experience wilderness with an imperative to conserve it

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

Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees

Following a deadly summer for the endangered whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is tightening regulations for crab fishers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

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.

Plus: protecting Canada’s caribou and the struggle of the black spruce

Whales are beginning to return to B.C. waters — but will they find a safe haven?

A one-year pilot project is underway in an effort to protect threatened caribou populations in the territory, but some conservation groups say wolf culls miss the bigger picture

The Banff National Park project seeks to reintegrate the keystone species into the natural ecosystem

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

As development cuts into the elusive animal's habitat, the resulting genetic isolation could ultimately lead to a population crash

Human and bears sharing more landscapes now than ever before. As we continue to invade their world, will we be able to coexist?

This online map platform displays hundreds of stories on ecological farming issues from around the world

An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush

A look back at the most awe-inspiring and thought-provoking visuals we published this year

Rudi Gertsch has been guiding people through the backcountry slopes of Golden, BC for 40 years. Here’s what he’s learned

This narrow, rock-strewn track along New Brunswick’s Fundy coast is recommended for only the most prepared hikers — but those who brave it are amply rewarded

How so-called rare earth elements are powering our modern tech — and where to find them

Once a traditional way of life across Canada, trapping survives and even thrives in communities throughout the North, including Colville Lake, N.W.T.

#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.

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Canadian Paralympians and Para athletes join the mission to increase trail accessibility across Canada

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.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Jean Trebek and Rear-Admiral Rebecca Patterson join the organization as Honorary Fellows

The Olympic medallist and mental-health-awareness champion shares her memories of inspiration in northern Labrador’s Torngat Mountains

Ocean Bridge’s Learning Journeys looked a little bit different in 2020 due to COVID-19 and travel restrictions

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 

New device could mean the end of digging for snow samples

Bring it … and leave it all on the mountain

From marching for climate awareness in Washington, D.C to stomping through North Florida swampland, Heinerth tests these hiking boots as only an explorer can

A guide to visiting the Saskatchewan National Park

A versatile and easy-to-use camp stove

Can Geo staff test out a cold-weather sleeping bag and camp quilt 

Comfortable air mattress is best suited for car camping or easy canoe trips

A guide to visiting the Nunavut National Park

In a new book, journalist John Zada explores the evidence for Bigfoot and why we want to believe in the unexplained

A timeless journey down a river that was here before the mountains