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Healthy rivers: Communities use DNA tool to keep tabs on freshwater quality
Many of Canada’s 25 watersheds are under threat from pollution, habitat degradation, water overuse and invasive species
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Environment
Many of Canada’s 25 watersheds are under threat from pollution, habitat degradation, water overuse and invasive species
Environment
How much do you know about Canada’s water — where it comes from and how it’s used?
Environment
Wildlife
At least 50 species of fish can be found in the Arctic drainage basin in Ontario
Environment
Cape Town narrowly avoided ‘Day Zero,’ but that doesn’t mean the city is resilient to future water shortages
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
How a cocktail of invasive species and global change is altering the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River ecosystem
People & Culture
A century after the first woman was elected to the Canadian Parliament, one of the most prominent figures in present-day politics shares her thoughts on how to amplify diverse voices in the Commons
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?
Travel
How to make the country's quintessential dishes
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
A pioneering deep-sea explorer shares thoughts on the nature and meaning of water
Travel
Three years after an earthquake mysteriously made the island's hot springs disappear, hope returns to the National Park
Science & Tech
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Wildlife
The deepwater sculpin thrives in deep lakes and cold temperatures. Researchers are now sequencing its genome to unravel the genetic secrets of this iconic Canadian fish
Wildlife
Sound is an integral part of a beluga’s life, so the quality of the underwater acoustic environment is very important for the health and survival of belugas
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?
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.
Environment
Canada is home to one-fifth of the world's fresh water. Here's what that looks like
Environment
“Luxury” water brands were among those with the highest amounts of plastic contamination, according to a new study
Environment
Two-billion-year-old water held deep in Earth's crust could hold clues to life on other planets
Environment
Scientist Peter Ross uses all the high-tech tools of a crime scene investigator — except his crime scene is the open ocean
Environment
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People & Culture
An exclusive excerpt from renowned Canadian anthropologist Wade Davis’ new book Magdalena: River of Dreams, about the iconic waterway that has shaped the geography, culture and people of Colombia
People & Culture
Research scientist Wayne Pollard shares insights on his work that earned him the 2019 Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research
People & Culture
'Our dive went well until our decompression stop when Cas tore a mouthpiece and experienced what we call a caustic cocktail.' – Jill Heinerth writes update on RCGS expedition
People & Culture
First Nations canoeists trace an ancient trading route — and assert their sovereignty
People & Culture
A celebration of the Canadian Coast Guard’s renowned search-and-rescue capabilities — and more — as the special operating agency turns 60
Environment
Jean-Michel Cousteau releases his new feature documentary about aquatic life, Wonders of the Sea 3D, in February
Environment
The James Bay Lowlands in northern Ontario contain one of the largest potential mineral reserves in Canada. Now, the region’s economy and environment stand on the brink of massive transformation.
Environment
Studies conducted at the Experimental Lakes Area in northwestern Ontario have impacted environmental decision-making around the world
Environment
Two marine biologists offer a glimpse of life at the bottom of the ocean during 2018, 2019 and 2020 seamount expeditions
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.
Environment
To many, the Yukon appears to be the vanguard of a growing Indigenous land power movement in Canada centred mostly in the North
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
Places
Lead archeologist Bill Perry discusses the latest findings and what they reveal about the region
Wildlife
Findings could have significant implications for the conservation of marine bird species
Exploration
Canada is rich in fresh water — but with great wealth comes great responsibility
Travel
Hope 2 Offer invites Vancouver to make a $plash
Travel
Stay hydrated with this durable, insulated water bottle
Travel
Can Geo staff tested three styles of lightweight but warm winter boots
Travel
A timeless journey down a river that was here before the mountains
Travel
Travel
Slippery rocks and running water were no match for the Keen Women's Newport EVO H2 water shoes
Travel
Here are the best items we tested for our Gear Review series in 2017
Travel
A northern Ontario lake sets the stage for a father-and-son fishing trip
People & Culture
In this exclusive excerpt from his new book Disappointment River: Finding and Losing the Northwest Passage, author Brian Castner recounts a part of his 2016 journey retracing Alexander Mackenzie's 1789 expedition of the Mackenzie River
History
How new equipment is helping Parks Canada hunt for the Franklin ships in shallow water
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Wildlife
The Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds (GLUB) will catalogue sounds from whales to fish (glub?) to boat noise
Environment
Kelp’s potential as a commercial crop is finally being recognized — and, as kelp forests vanish worldwide, so is its importance in coastal ecosystems
Mapping
Mapping
Sewage testing can be used for early detection of disease
Environment
How the watershed connects the Prairies and its people
Kids
Canadian Geographic celebrates the exploration and conservation work of RCGS Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth in a new Google Earth Voyager story
Kids
Last year Can Geo Education hosted a one-day BioBlitz in Riding Mountain National Park, Man., but the magnitude of this year’s project is much larger
Exploration
Caving: The ultimate underground sport
Environment
Five new works commissioned by Canadian Geographic offer eye-catching and compelling commentary on the impact of plastic on our planet
Wildlife
By protecting local waterways, the arapaima’s population has already seen a 30-fold increase in the last 10 years
Wildlife
Kids
On the final day of Canada's Coolest School Trip, the students went whitewater rafting, rode the Jasper SkyTram and soaked in the Miette Hot Springs
Environment
Billion-year-old water sample reveals much about the past — and the present
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
People & Culture
From pulling drinking water out of desert air to riding with eagle hunters in Mongolia, see what just a few of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s more than 1,000 Fellows have been working on lately
Environment
Manitoba’s marl lake receives special protection
People & Culture
The renowned landscape photographer on his latest project, Water.
Environment
British Columbia, Washington State and Oregon sit on a fault line that is capable of producing some of the strongest earthquakes on the planet. A new book reveals it’s not a matter of if, but when the next “Big One” will strike.
Environment
The drying of peatlands in Canada heightens the risk of wildfires and can turn into a carbon source instead of a carbon sink
Environment
A conversation with filmmakers on how they captured this unique ecosystem, on screen.