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Mapping
Scientists are calling it the 'anthropause'
Mapping
Information from Canada’s 2016 food safety report card shows the incidence of four illnesses
Mapping
Mapping
The staff of the Inuit Heritage Trust is racing across Canada’s North to document traditional Inuit place names before much of that knowledge passes on with the elders who hold it. Canadian Geographic sits down with lead researcher Lynn Peplinski.
Mapping
This map, “taken on the spot in the year 1768,” tells but a tiny piece of the story of Newfoundland’s bygone Beothuk
Exploration
George Kourounis has been officially recognized as the first person to reach the bottom of the Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan
Exploration
Pascale Marceau, Lonnie Dupre and Vern Stice reached the summit of Jeannette Peak, the highest peak in the Selwyn Range of the Canadian Rockies, on April 2
Exploration
Ottawa-born explorer and submarine builder Patrick Lahey is now the second Canadian to reach the deepest point on Earth
People & Culture
From painting a new side of the Franklin expedition to documenting shipwrecks along Ontario’s Hudson Bay Coast, see what just a few of the RCGS’s more than 1,000 Fellows are working on in 2018
Environment
Indigenous conservationists are listening in to track the impacts of climate change on the boreal forest
Environment
This week, the International Union of Geological Sciences will consider a proposal to add a new epoch to the geologic time scale — one that reflects the impact of human activity on Earth's natural systems
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
Exploration
After being postponed a year due to COVID-19, the Mount Logan Ice Expedition made a successful summit of Canada’s highest peak.
Exploration
Four researchers team up to ascend Mount Logan, measuring change and resilience on Canada’s highest peak
Wildlife
Conservation managers at the park reported 63 new fledglings of the endangered bird this year
Wildlife
Canadian birdwatchers help make the 18th annual Great Backyard Bird Count the most successful one to date
Wildlife
A long-term study of white-throated sparrows in Canada found that the birds have mysteriously changed their tune
Wildlife
Special cinematographic cameras reveal the complexities of wasps’ mating strategies
History
Dora Nipp, CEO of the Multicultural History Society of Ontario, reflects on the importance of chronicling migrant, ethnic and Indigenous stories as an essential means to understanding Canada in the 20th century and beyond
History
Canada's glaciers have been consistently retreating since 1887, and if current climate trends are any indication, they're not going to stop retreating any time soon.
History
History
Remote sensing and remote controlled underwater vehicles have brought the search into the 21st century
History
Read the account of one young soldier’s fight against the Spanish flu in 1918
Science & Tech
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Science & Tech
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Science & Tech
Exploration
The geologist spoke to Can Geo about exploring the secrets of the Arctic, one cave at a time
Exploration
Ken Hedges of the 1968-69 British Trans Arctic Expedition reflects on the perilous and ground-breaking journey
Exploration
She's also combining her knowledge and skills to uncover the secrets of climate change
Exploration
A century after a Canadian was instrumental in charting the world's highest peak, a fellow Canadian reflects on the magnetism of Everest
Exploration
Every dive into the abyss brings back important scientific data and reminds the world of the critical need for protecting the planet’s oceans
Travel
The citizens of Perth tartan up and do the home crowd proud
Travel
A 19th-century landmark gets a luxurious, thoroughly modern facelift
Travel
The Nikon KeyMission 170 captures high-quality video and stills and goes anywhere you do
Travel
An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
People & Culture
Viewers can help Library and Archives Canada transcribe archival documents by clicking “Contribute” below each record
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
*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
People & Culture
Whether diving in Antarctic waters, making scientific breakthroughs or summiting Everest, these remarkable women are making their mark on Canada and the world.
Wildlife
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
Exploration
At 670 metres, Bisaro Anima near Fernie, B.C. is confirmed to be Canada's deepest cave
Mapping
A recent earthquake in Nunavut has drawn attention to Canada's surprising seismic zones
Wildlife
Plus: a caribou’s dinner, avian “flyways,” what astronauts can learn from squirrels — and blue whale tongue-eating orcas
Wildlife
No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange
Wildlife
Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
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.
Exploration
Royal Canadian Geographical Society Fellow Kelvin Murray recounts his role in the record-setting early 2021 expedition
Wildlife
Using cameras baited with squid, researchers were able to gather information about these ancient Arctic fish without taking any out of the water
People & Culture
Harvesting the talent in Toronto, Halifax, Montréal and Vancouver
Environment
Acidification, disruptions to food webs among the biggest concerns for ocean scientists
Environment
Now there's a way to visualize exactly what a record warm year globally meant in your city
Environment
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
Environment
The largest ozone hole ever recorded above the northern polar region has closed, but scientists are now investigating what it could signal about climate change in the Arctic
Environment
The Alpine Club of Canada covers everything from wildfires to watermelon snow in its recently published annual report on Canada's alpine environments
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
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
Threatened olive-sided flycatchers are ‘elusive’ to find, so listening might be the answer
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
Wildlife
Wildlife
A “backpack” for cod tracks the fish’s growth
Wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife
Listening to orcas helps researchers understand their behaviour
Wildlife
Snowshoe hare researcher talks about his studies of the arctic mammal
Wildlife
Experts say strong El Niño pattern in the Pacific could cause some unusual bird sightings as winter turns to spring
Wildlife
Researchers are concerned that climate change could mean prolonged toxic algae blooms are 'the new normal.'
Wildlife
And moreover, should it? Plus: Dinosaur fight club, birds about town, and tracking whale whoops
Wildlife
Kids
From phytoplankton to drones, citizen science in the remote Svalbard wilderness is contributing to research around the world
Science & Tech
Kids
Drones are providing new ways of tracking wildlife and mapping changes in the Arctic
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
On her first official visit to the Arctic as Science Minister, Kirsty Duncan drove home the importance of climate research, incorporating traditional knowledge, and funding for innovation and research
Science & Tech
Physical distancing requirements to slow the spread of COVID-19 will make it difficult for researchers to visit suspected tornado sites this year, so the team behind the Northern Tornadoes Project is calling on the public to help
Travel
People & Culture
The lowdown on the big outdoor game
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
People & Culture
The history behind the Dundas name change and how Canadians are reckoning with place name changes across the country — from streets to provinces
People & Culture
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