
Environment
My relationship with nature: It’s complicated
Experts tackle our difficult relationship with nature in panel discussions hosted by Nature Conservancy of Canada
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Environment
Experts tackle our difficult relationship with nature in panel discussions hosted by Nature Conservancy of Canada
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
The author, conservationist and nature-deficit expert Richard Louv on the importance of connecting with the natural world
Environment
A new book aims to solve nature-deficit disorder and reconnect kids with the natural world
People & Culture
The projects, all led by young women, range in theme from camping to climate change mitigation
People & Culture
Nous avons demandé à certains des photographes les plus remarquables du Canada d’expliquer pourquoi ils dédient leur temps à capter des images de la nature. Voici ce qu’ils ont révélé.
People & Culture
We asked some of Canada’s most accomplished photographers why they dedicate their time to capturing images of nature. Here’s what they said.
People & Culture
The best of the best images of Canadian wildlife from the annual competition hosted by Canadian Geographic in partnership with the Canadian Museum of Nature
People & Culture
These 10 members of Canadian Geographic’s online Photo Club are making waves with their unique perspectives on Canadian wildlife and landscapes
Travel
The Calgary-based landscape photographer shares memorable moments in the field and his advice for aspiring photographers
Environment
Curators and research scientists at the museum’s Natural Heritage Campus in Gatineau, Que. share their favourite specimens ahead of annual open house
Environment
Expedition Arctic Botany will allow curious members of the public to explore the plants of the Arctic region without leaving home, while contributing to our understanding of Arctic ecosystems
People & Culture
Ottawa's Canadian Museum of Nature unveils its newest gallery, devoted to Canada's Far North
People & Culture
Tiktaalik, a famous 375-million-year-old fish fossil, was welcomed back to Canada this week.
Wildlife
A new report from Nature Conservancy Canada and NatureServe Canada is the first of its kind to compile over 300 species that are unique to Canada.
Wildlife
Wildlife
Organization protecting a vital wilderness corridor between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to encourage interprovincial moose mating
Wildlife
Wildlife
A small island off the western coast of Prince Edward Island that once housed a resort will now be a 'hotel for birds.'
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
After 50-plus years of fieldwork and education, Drs. Stewart and Jarmila Peck will support the next generation of biodiversity researchers
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Environment
Seven outstanding individuals recognized for their contributions to nature and the environment
Environment
An exclusive excerpt from nature-deficit disorder expert Richard Louv's new book Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives — and Save Theirs
Places
Responding to feedback from Canadians, environment minister Catherine McKenna promised a renewed focus on science and conservation for Canada's protected places
Environment
To fully understand our national identity, we must consider Canada’s geology as well as its geography
Environment
Budget 2018 contains some major investments in Canada's wilderness and wildlife. Here are the highlights.
Environment
One of the most complex challenges for nature conservation comes from a simple question: what must we save?
Environment
The UN Climate Change Conference taking place now in Glasgow might be the planet’s last best chance to prevent a climate and biodiversity catastrophe, according to one of the world’s foremost conservationists
Places
In Banff National Park, Alberta, as in protected areas across the country, managers find it difficult to balance the desire of people to experience wilderness with an imperative to conserve it
Science & Tech
As its one-year anniversary approaches, the cryobank at the Canadian Museum of Nature is ready to grow its collection of plant and animal tissues
Travel
Travel
Travel
Travel
Travel
Travel
Exploration
Whether outrunning a tornado, dodging lava bombs or hunkering down in a hurricane, explorer George Kourounis is most comfortable living on the edge
History
Retracer l’histoire des Nations Unies à l’aide d’une carte, réalisée pour les écoles en 1947 afin de commémorer le grand moment de l’union de la planète pour le plus grand bien
Environment
In an excerpt from his new book, author Paul Sorrell teches how to connect to nature with a photographer's eye
Environment
The Canadian environmentalist talks about Greta Thunberg’s climate strikes and our place in nature
Environment
How can we be living examples of the word zaagi'idewin?
Environment
When it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, habitats themselves can be critical allies
Environment
Finding himself 'pinned down by nature' — the COVID-19 pandemic — Burtynsky picked up a camera
Environment
Currently only at 4.4 per cent, the province still needs to acquire another 2.6 per cent of land to protect by the end of 2020
Environment
'Judith' is a new species of horned dinosaur with a fascinating past
Environment
Vancouver Island marmot, blue whale and Ungava seal included in NatureServe Canada report
Environment
80 global geography societies and organizations from 59 countries have signed a joint declaration urging the world’s leaders to protect nature and secure a liveable climate
Environment
Environment
Environment
Why preserving the natural eco-system may help lessen the impact of severe storms
Environment
In his new book, Klaus Dodds delves into the fascinating natural and cultural history of ice
Environment
How grasslands protection and conservation agriculture can work as front-line defences against climate change
Environment
Art of the Plant, on now through October at the Canadian Museum of Nature, is Canada's contribution to a worldwide project showcasing botanical biodiversity
Environment
The expansion could offer economic, social and environmental benefits to the area
Environment
Canadian Audible Original takes listeners on a cross-country journey through sound
Environment
The 2020 Canadian City Parks Report looks at challenges and opportunties for Canada's parks under a COVID-19 lens
Environment
Permafrost thaw is widespread, accelerating and irreversible. With it comes visible effects on the ecology, hydrology and landscapes, and communities of the North.
People & Culture
From Letterkenny to Schitt’s Creek, Canada’s geography has become the laughing stock of television — and that shouldn’t come as a surprise
Wildlife
The steps being made are towards Canada’s goal of 25 per cent protection of land and ocean by 2025
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
RCGS Fellow Myrna Pearman offers her tips for a successful winter birding season
Wildlife
Human and bears sharing more landscapes now than ever before. As we continue to invade their world, will we be able to coexist?
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
Wildlife
Exploring our love-hate relationship with the wolf
Wildlife
This David Suzuki Foundation initiative wants to grow homes for local butterflies and bees
Mapping
The slowdown of human activity as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to some surprising benefits for wildlife conservation. Can we keep them going after the danger has passed?
Mapping
David Waltner-Toews speaks about his updated book On Pandemics: Deadly Diseases from Bubonic Plague to Coronavirus
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
People & Culture
For an achievement by one or more individuals in the field of geography, or a significant national or international event
People & Culture
People & Culture
An excerpt from Talking with Bears: Conversations with Charlie Russell, a literary and reflective portrait of the Alberta naturalist’s relationship with grizzlies
People & Culture
Experts weighed in on Canada's national bird in debate at the Canadian Museum of Nature
People & Culture
Part of our Colour the Trails series.
People & Culture
Q&A with 10-year-old Josiah Launstein of Pincher Creek Alberta, who was recently named Young Outdoor Photographer of the Year by Outdoor Photography Magazine
People & Culture
Part of our Colour the Trails series
People & Culture
Part of our ongoing Colour the Trails series
People & Culture
The best of the best images of Canadian wildlife from the annual competition hosted by Canadian Geographic in partnership with the Canadian Museum of Nature
Kids
Highlights from Day 3 of Canada's Coolest School Trip
Places
It’s an ambitious plan: take the traditional Parks Canada wilderness concept and plunk it in the country’s largest city. But can Toronto’s Rouge National Urban Park help balance city life with wildlife?
History
Take a behind-the-scenes look at some of the artifacts found at previously discovered Franklin sites