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.

Once a traditional way of life across Canada, trapping survives and even thrives in communities throughout the North, including Colville Lake, N.W.T.

Our experts continue their discussion of the AMC series about the Franklin Expedition

Notable works capture the danger and drama of Arctic exploration

New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals

In this excerpt from her new memoir, Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver, Jill Heinerth writes about learning to accept fear as a part of exploration

Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us

An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush

Ongoing studies of fire-scarred landscapes in the Northwest Territories are revealing the surprising resilience of northern streams and lakes

The innovative structures are heralded for having opened migration corridors and saved countless animals from vehicle collisions

Celebrating new partnerships, milestone anniversaries and a bird for Canadians on geography's biggest night

Polar cruise company One Ocean Expeditions makes big waves — literally — to help the mission to find Franklin’s ships

Work continues after passing through sea ice

Wind power is fueling the push to green diamond mines in the Northwest Territories

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

Explore Canada's various tartans (and the stories behind them)

The story of how a critically endangered Indigenous language can be saved

Ottawa-area marathoner Steven Jackson is one of only 39 people to ever finish the 6633 Arctic Ultra 

Whether diving in Antarctic waters, making scientific breakthroughs or summiting Everest, these remarkable women are making their mark on Canada and the world.

On April 12, Franklin enthusiasts had a rare opportunity to come together in the same room as The Royal Canadian Geographical Society presented their 2016 Can Geo Talks

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.

Writer Stephen Smith takes to Newfoundland’s shores in his quest to see the ‘capelin roll’ — the spawning spectacle of a tiny fish with a massive ecological, historical and cultural impact

The wood bison population is recovering, thanks in part to a 1957 discovery

The Pew Charitable Trusts suggests shipping corridors in the Arctic that could be classified by level of risk

As climate change accelerates Arctic melt, the ice is offering up its secrets