Canadian Geographic's newest Photographer-in-Residence gives us a glimpse at her process

Nimmo Bay resort thoughtfully blends luxury with concern for the surrounding wilderness

In shedding light on wolverines' aversion to roads, new research suggests the key to their conservation in Alberta 

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

Grizzlies, puffins, whales and more from the new Ultimate Canadian Instagram Photos special issue, on newsstands now

The elusive “glacier bear” of northwestern B.C. and southeastern Alaska remains a genetic mystery 

Author Ken McGoogan says his latest book, Dead Reckoning: The Untold Story of the Northwest Passage, is the "more inclusive narrative of Arctic exploration" that the 21st century demands 

Can Geo editors reveal their favourite destinations and travel experiences from the past year to help inspire your next adventure in Canada and beyond

First Nations and scientists work side by side to better understand — and protect — coastal wolves living in the Great Bear Rainforest

This past summer an ambitious wildlife under/overpass system broke ground in B.C. on a deadly stretch of highway just west of the Alberta border. Here’s how it happened.

Nicklen marries art, science and conservation in new book Born To Ice

From plants to ants, Canadian Geographic’s 2020 Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year Competition showcases the best of the year’s wildlife photography

Gregus received the Rising Star Portfolio Award in this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Canadian Geographic caught up with him for the story behind the photos.

Proposed spring bear hunt divides activities and hunters

See where 14 polar bears are moving through Hudson Bay, and learn their stories.

Celebrating a springtime ritual of polar bear cubs emerging from the dens of Manitoba's famed Wapusk National Park

As polar bears move inland earlier across parts of the Arctic, they're geting a taste for eider eggs 

A history of bears on the cover of Canadian Geographic

“In these dark, ancient forests, lives a creature of legend.” Thus begins a new wildlife documentary about the elusive Kermode bear.

Photographer-In-Residence Michelle Valberg takes us on her photography expedition to the famed grizzly sanctuary 

Researchers are already seeing the effects of climate change on polar bear reproduction

Photographer Michelle Valberg showcases her stunning pictures from within Canada's only grizzly sanctuary

The polar bear jail in Churchill, Man. is seeing more inmates than usual

Meet the newest polar bear cubs at the Assiniboine Park Zoo, and watch an adult polar bear swim underwater

Bears could be facing a tough winter after an early berry season and a fall salmon run that was projected to be low.

Before they grow into dangerous and majestic apex predators, bears are ridiculously cute

Photographer Greg Harvey on what it's like to capture a young polar bear's first forays into the world

Researchers investigate the latest potential factor in Banff bear accidents

Canada is home to three species of bear, each with their own unique characteristics and habits

Could this video be more Canadian?

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.

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.

As polar bears spend more time on land as a result of melting ice, they will have to shift their diets in order to survive

From bestselling author James Raffan comes an enlightening and original story about a polar bear’s precarious existence in the changing Arctic

Technology also will assist with management practices

Loss of sea-ice habitat due to climate warming has been highlighted as the single most important threat to the long-term survival of polar bears

Plus: Racing to find a vaccine for chronic wasting disease, narwhal “flukeprints” and tool-using polar bears

Plus: Tree species at risk, inbreeding polar bears, and a 20,000-kilometre butterfly chase

Meet the 'pizzlie,' a cross between a polar bear and a grizzlie

In his new book, Rowing the Northwest Passage, Canadian adventurer Kevin Vallely recounts his 2013 attempt to transit the famous Arctic route  

Adventurers Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm, founders of Hearts in the Ice, return to Svalbard, Norway, for a second overwintering to build on their citizen science work

Two adventurers have extended their stay in isolation in Svalbard, Norway to continue gathering wildlife observations in the remote Arctic

Highlights from day two of Canada’s Coolest School Trip

Explorer Adam Shoalts, who completed his monumental 4,000-kilometre journey on September 6, speaks to Canadian Geographic about an expedition that calls to mind the likes of Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Joseph Tyrrell

From a solo ski and mountain-climbing expedition to the South Pole to a project that mapped portions of Devon Island’s coasts for the first time, see what just a few of the RCGS’s Fellows have been working on in late 2018

Jon Turk shares an excerpt from his new book Crocodiles and Ice: A Journey into Deep Wild

In this essay, noted geologist and geophysicist Fred Roots explores the significance of the symbolic point at the top of the world. He submitted it to Canadian Geographic just before his death in October 2016 at age 93.

In British Columbia’s Bella Coola Valley, the next generation of Nuxalk culture-keepers and Guardian Watchmen is establishing a new paradigm for Indigenous rights

Remote locations and international clientele make the industry particularly vulnerable