
Wildlife
Insurmountable: The battle to bring a salmon run home
“We just knew no fish would get by. Not without our help.” Behind the scenes of the epic campaign to save a Fraser River salmon run.
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Wildlife
“We just knew no fish would get by. Not without our help.” Behind the scenes of the epic campaign to save a Fraser River salmon run.
Wildlife
Salmon runs are failing and grizzlies seem to be on the move in the islands between mainland B.C. and northern Vancouver Island. What’s going on in the Broughton Archipelago?
Wildlife
Toronto’s waterways play an important role for salmon
Wildlife
DNA sequencing like that used to track COVID-19 helps scientists trace the origins of salmon pathogens in B.C.
Wildlife
Study highlights important interconnections between bears, salmon and humans for future management practices
Environment
Environment
Environment
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Environment
As the impacts of global warming become increasingly evident, the connections to biodiversity loss are hard to ignore. Can this fall’s two key international climate conferences point us to a nature-positive future?
People & Culture
Bell is the special guest at the upcoming Vancouver GeoGala, an ocean conservation-themed fundraiser for The Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Environment
A booming economy, a thriving community, a healthy environment — can Vancouver have it all?
Wildlife
New research reveals these unique animals evolved a way to rid their systems of excess sediment — but the sponges may be having trouble keeping up with human activity in their habitat
Places
From plains bison in Elk Island National Park to beluga whales in Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, Parks Canada is leading the charge on these crucial wildlife recovery programs
Wildlife
Habitat loss, pollution, climate change have all contributed to steep declines of some species since 1970
Wildlife
Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
Wildlife
Granny, whose official name was J-2, was last seen October 12, 2016 and is presumed dead
Wildlife
To save whales, we first have to understand them. Here are three Canadian projects aimed at doing just that.
Environment
The B.C. based biologist reflects on her decades long fight to preserve the ecosystem she calls home
Environment
The new Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard sits down with Canadian Geographic for an exclusive interview on a range of topics, from salmon to whales to ‘last ice’
Environment
Environment
Protecting Piper Lake’s ecosystem sometimes takes drastic measures
People & Culture
After spending more than a century in the shadow cast by the Klondike’s precious metal heyday, First Nations heritage is stepping into the limelight in the Yukon
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
People & Culture
People & Culture
As the RCMP celebrates its 100th anniversary, ride along with the force’s little-known West Coast Marine Services division
Wildlife
Conservation groups say current catch-and-release policies are a good start to helping salmon stocks recover, but don't go far enough
Wildlife
Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
Wildlife
The goal is to help rejuvenate and restore the habitats of salmon across B.C.
Wildlife
A project to bring more sockeye salmon back to Osoyoos Lake, B.C. is showing encouraging results
Wildlife
Warmer temperatures in the Arctic are making the area more hospitable for unfamiliar marine life, researchers believe
Travel
The trail started with a vision to link Canada coast to coast to coast. Now fully connected, it’s charting an ambitious course for the future.
Travel
Explore Canada’s car culture, tour one of the country’s last great estates and catch a rainbow trout
Travel
Hangings, saints, battles, natural beauty and the bones of our ancestors — a journey through history from Old Québec to the Gaspé Peninsula
Travel
Nimmo Bay resort thoughtfully blends luxury with concern for the surrounding wilderness
Science & Tech
How so-called rare earth elements are powering our modern tech — and where to find them
Wildlife
The return of over 5,000 kokanee salmon to Kluane National Park in southwest Yukon in 2015 was cause for excitement after the population was nearly declared extinct in 2009
Environment
T’aalan Stl’ang: The beach that has everything
Environment
In February 2021, the world was introduced to Mutehekau Shipu — also known as the Magpie River — when the people of Ekuanitshit, Que. and the regional municipality made a joint declaration granting the river legal personhood and rights. The declaration carries broad implications for the fight to protect nature across Canada and around the world.
Environment
Collaborative research is uncovering the secrets of coastal seagrass beds to help keep them healthy
Kids
From visiting historical sites to watching orcas, it was an unforgettable experience for this Grade 8 class
Kids
Environment
Scientist Peter Ross uses all the high-tech tools of a crime scene investigator — except his crime scene is the open ocean
People & Culture
Once a traditional way of life across Canada, trapping survives and even thrives in communities throughout the North, including Colville Lake, N.W.T.
People & Culture
Nutritious and ecologically friendly, crickets might just be the food of the future
Environment
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
Travel
Travelling through Alberta’s storied mountaineering and ski-touring past and present
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
Wildlife
"Just another day at the office."
People & Culture
As the federal government prepares to move forward with its promised Indigenous language legislation, the Witsuwit’en Language and Culture Society is hoping for a language renaissance in Canada
Wildlife
The Yukon-based photographer shares more of his wild wolf photos and how he discovered his passion for visual storytelling
Wildlife
Human and bears sharing more landscapes now than ever before. As we continue to invade their world, will we be able to coexist?
Environment
The Anthropocene is a proposed geological epoch dating from the commencement of significant human impact on Earth's geology and ecosystems
Environment
New Brunswick-bred sea cucumbers and urchins could soon be used to help clean up fish farms
Environment
Follow the team of specialists diagnosing the ills of British Columbia’s Fraser River
Environment
Adam Weymouth's first book, Kings of the Yukon, sees him paddle the length of the Yukon River to trace the route of migrating chinook salmon
Environment
The planet is in the midst of drastic biodiversity loss that some experts think may be the next great species die-off. How did we get here and what can be done about it?
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
Environment
A love story about a wild river
Environment
Now there's a way to visualize exactly what a record warm year globally meant in your city
Environment
Environment
Leaves are out almost a month early in some parts of the United States, and bears are beginning to emerge from their dens — but an early spring can be problematic for some species
Environment
As trees were cleared for farmland beginning in the 1830s, nitrogen levels in the lake began to rise
Environment
Environment
Wrapping paper, packaging, plastic plates and cutlery — it all adds up. Here are some easy ways to avoid a nightmare around Christmas.
Mapping
Information from Canada’s 2016 food safety report card shows the incidence of four illnesses
Mapping
Remote locations and international clientele make the industry particularly vulnerable
Places
A guide to visiting the New Brunswick National Park
People & Culture
*It means “awake” in Beothuk, the language and people who once called present-day Newfoundland home for about 2,000 years. One young woman, believed to be the last living Beothuk, left a collection of maps and art that help us understand her people’s story.
People & Culture
Returning Home is the first feature-length documentary from director Sean Stiller and Canadian Geographic Films
People & Culture
Memoirs, a graphic novel and the biography of a famous ship are among Canadian Geographic's choices for the 14 best books of the year
Wildlife
Bears could be facing a tough winter after an early berry season and a fall salmon run that was projected to be low.
Wildlife
When one of the few remaining females of reproductive age in the southern resident population of North Pacific killer whales was found dead near Comox B.C. in 2014, an investigation was launched. The results highlight the challenges of protecting our most iconic marine mammals.
Wildlife
Wildlife
From September to November, grizzly bears gather in the mountainous Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Traditional Territory to feast on salmon. As the temperature dips, their fur becomes coated in ice, creating an otherworldly look and spectacular photos.
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
Wildlife
Understanding the effects of disturbances on killer whales
Wildlife
Warmer water caused by weather phenomenon the likely reason for the abundance of the tiny oily fish
Wildlife
Can British Columbia’s spiny dogfish make the grade as the world’s first “sustainable” shark fishery?
Wildlife
Wildlife
Illegal fishing is one of the greatest challenges to ensuring the sustainability of ocean resources, says Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Wildlife
Wildlife
In the 1990s, an abrupt decline in the fish-eating southern resident population dropped to 75 whales from 98
Travel
Thomas Hall review the Seattle Sports Firewater Multi-Bottle and Mountain Hardwear Lamina Z Spark sleeping bag