
Wildlife
Rethinking the beaver
Has there ever been a national symbol more loathed or misunderstood? Has there ever been a more important time for the beaver to flourish?
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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?
Kids
Wildlife
Arctic “shrubification” caused by global warming may be drawing herbivores further north
Wildlife
Love them, hate them or love to hate them, this industrious animal takes the spotlight on April 7 for International Beaver Day
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.
Travel
The country's biggest party will be bigger than ever this year. Here's an insider's guide to navigating the fun and chaos
Travel
Get in touch with your inner voyageur on a historic waterway
Travel
An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
Travel
Bring it … and leave it all on the mountain
Wildlife
Appreciating the craftsmanship of Canada's national animal
History
A look back at the early years of the 350-year-old institution that once claimed a vast portion of the globe
Wildlife
Exploring our love-hate relationship with the wolf
Environment
Researchers from the international PoLAR-FIT team are revealing a four-million-year-old forest beautifully preserved in permafrost and peat on Nunavut’s Ellesmere Island
Mapping
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Wildlife
Rick McIntyre explains the positive impact of wolf reintroduction on the Yellowstone ecosystem
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
Wildlife
Wildlife
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
History
History
History
History
History
History
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
Explore Canada's various tartans (and the stories behind them)
People & Culture
People & Culture
An utterly engaging dive into our modern ways of retreat — where we go, why we’re drawn, and how it’s urgent
People & Culture
In honour of International Museum Day, Canadian Geographic's editors share their favourite museums in Canada
People & Culture
Celebrated Indigenous artist Alex Janvier's new work is a circular mural inspired by the traditional lunar calendar. Here's how it came to be.
Kids
Highlights from day one of Canada’s Coolest School Trip 2019
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.
Travel
The neighbourhood at the southern tip of the island is more than just Wall Street and skyscrapers
Travel
Show your Canadian pride when you travel abroad with a new series of hardshell suitcases from Atlantic Luggage
People & Culture
The Canadian-born author and newly-minted Fellow of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society on his Giller Prize-nominated third novel and the allure of maps
Wildlife
Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
Wildlife
Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
Exploration
We came to retrace an ancestor’s 1905 map-making expedition of the Peel River watershed. We left with a new-found appreciation of what this ancient land means to the people who live there.
Wildlife
The innovative structures are heralded for having opened migration corridors and saved countless animals from vehicle collisions
Places
Established in 1918, Canada’s southernmost national park is a haven for wildlife and nature lovers alike
Environment
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
Wildlife
Following a deadly summer for the endangered whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is tightening regulations for crab fishers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Travel
Thomas Hall review the Seattle Sports Firewater Multi-Bottle and Mountain Hardwear Lamina Z Spark sleeping bag
Travel
The Nikon 1J5 camera is compact, lightweight and takes great photos
Travel
These urban centres really know how to heat up the chilly months
Travel
A guide to visiting the Saskatchewan National Park
Travel
Travel
A northern Ontario lake sets the stage for a father-and-son fishing trip
Wildlife
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.
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
Places
The new Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve in the Northwest Territories is the heart of sacred Denesǫłiné homeland and a prophesied final refuge of clean water and ecological integrity in North America
Exploration
Dana Meise reflects on his seventh season of walking the Trans Canada Trail, and how it feels to be so close to completion
Wildlife
Editor-in-chief and associate publisher Aaron Kylie contributed this chapter to a compilation book about the Canada Jay
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
Mathew Borrett's new exhibition, Hypnagogic City, depicts Hogtown in a parallel universe
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Mapping
This online map platform displays hundreds of stories on ecological farming issues from around the world
People & Culture
#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
People & Culture
Wildlife
Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario
People & Culture
Canadian Paralympians and Para athletes join the mission to increase trail accessibility across Canada
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
People & Culture
*Do your own research
Wildlife
Whales are beginning to return to B.C. waters — but will they find a safe haven?
Environment
Now there's a way to visualize exactly what a record warm year globally meant in your city
Wildlife
Our feathered friends are increasingly calling our urban centres home. Why crows in particular are nesting among us.
People & Culture
What better way to celebrate the nation’s sesquentennial than getting lost in a field of corn?
People & Culture
How a magical spot in Ontario’s Kawartha region captured the CBC star’s heart
Places
The park nearly 50 years in the making has officially been established in the Northwest Territories
Environment
Microbes and mosses have demonstrated rapid growth in the last 50 years
People & Culture
Slashburner publishes Sept. 19, 2020
People & Culture
As the RCMP celebrates its 100th anniversary, ride along with the force’s little-known West Coast Marine Services division
Wildlife
In Ice Bear, Michael Engelhard untangles our complicated love/hate relationship with this iconic Arctic animal
People & Culture
Experts weighed in on Canada's national bird in debate at the Canadian Museum of Nature
Environment
Environment
A love story about a wild river
Wildlife
Conflicts with wildlife in Canada continues to be an issue, but there are ways to keep yourself and wildlife safe
Science & Tech
Findings about the disappearance of large mammals in the North could help scientists understand the potential impacts of modern climate change
Wildlife
One of the last major steps in the long Rock Bay cleanup project in Victoria recently finished, leaving the Victoria Upper Harbour cleaner than it's been half a century
History
A new book by Ken McGoogan traces the experiences of Scottish Highlanders evicted from their homes to pre-Confederation Canada
Wildlife
In praise of squirrels big and small.
Wildlife
History
People & Culture