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The call of the loon
These iconic birds have added magic to the soundscapes of Canada’s lakes for millions of years — but will we hear them forever?
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The accidentals: Mapping the bird “vagrants” that found themselves far from home
How data is helping us understand why these birds are being found outside of their geographical range
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Wildlife Wednesday: new technique produces much needed female wood bison calves at Toronto Zoo
Plus: “bees of the sea” are pollinating underwater plants, snow geese are bouncing back hard, Greenland sharks are appearing in unlikely waters and birds are proving smarter than ever
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Collision course: Making Canada’s cities more bird-friendly
How one grassroots organization in Toronto makes our glass landscapes less deadly for birds.
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Canada‘s largest EVER private conservation project
Also: Climate changed restaurant menus, sandhill cranes in New Brunswick, bears waking up from their slumber — and a pesky woodpecker hits Canada where it hurts
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Remote paradise: The wonder of B.C.’s Triangle Island
Off the northwest tip of Vancouver Island, an isolated speck of “inhospitable” land is home and sanctuary to millions of seabirds
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The mysterious 500-kilometre, 20-year odyssey of Wolf 57
Plus: a caribou’s dinner, avian “flyways,” what astronauts can learn from squirrels — and blue whale tongue-eating orcas
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What we learn from birds with Patrick Nadeau
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The new president of Birds Canada gives us an inside look at Canada’s largest citizen science movement
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What’s in a name? Problematic names in the world of wildlife
Wildlife names that could use a rebrand
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People & Culture
Announcing the winners of the 33rd Annual Photo Competition
The best of the best images from Canadian Geographic’s 2018 competition
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Environment
The fate of the Fraser River delta
A booming economy, a thriving community, a healthy environment — can Vancouver have it all?
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Rise of the synanthropes
Synanthropes: wild animals that live near and benefit from humans. An exploration of why some species thrive among us, and how urban planners are managing their increasing numbers.
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How citizen scientists solved a migration mystery
No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange
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Dinner is served
Wildlife is figuring out that human infrastructure helps with the hunt
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Migration in the time of climate change
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Should we kill one bird to save another?
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How the Canada jay got its name back
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Can you hear me now? Prairie songbirds change their tune to cope with human noise
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One in eight bird species is at risk of extinction: report
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How citizen scientists are helping to protect migratory birds
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Inside the mysterious decline of Earth’s insects
Insects are by far the most populous species on the planet, but they seem to be disappearing. Why aren’t more people concerned?
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Environment
Margaret Atwood’s new ‘Angel Catbird’ is a comic book with a cause
The celebrated Canadian novelist's first foray into comics is for the birds. But also the cats.
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Report calls for international cooperation to protect migratory birds
Organizations would like to see at least 50 per cent of the boreal forest protected from industrial development
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Places
Sable Island: It’s for the birds
The majority of bird species sighted on the Atlantic island are “vagrants” far outside their ordinary range
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