
Wildlife
Pod of Atlantic orcas surprises Labrador fishermen
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"Just another day at the office."
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Visitors can “swim” under the Salish Sea with holographic orca and learn about the noise pollution threatening the health of these endangered cetaceans
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Listening to orcas helps researchers understand their behaviour
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Understanding the effects of disturbances on killer whales
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Plus: a caribou’s dinner, avian “flyways,” what astronauts can learn from squirrels — and blue whale tongue-eating orcas
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To save whales, we first have to understand them. Here are three Canadian projects aimed at doing just that.
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Are icebreakers ruining narwhals’ summer getaway? Plus, Montreal’s whale-ward minkes, Canada’s first North Atlantic right whale visit of the year, a new K pod baby, and humpback and orca continue to clash
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Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
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Following a deadly summer for the endangered whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is tightening regulations for crab fishers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
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
The first interview in our Colour the Trails series
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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
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Canadian Paralympians and Para athletes join the mission to increase trail accessibility across Canada
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
For the latest image in his iconic Day to Night series, photographer Stephen Wilkes set his sights on an important ecological reserve in British Columbia. Here's why.
Environment
From floods to fires, drought to coastal erosion, climate change is already having an impact on Canada's communities, landscapes and wildlife
Environment
A controversial government project aims to establish a king penguin population in the North
Environment
Wrapping paper, packaging, plastic plates and cutlery — it all adds up. Here are some easy ways to avoid a nightmare around Christmas.
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Wildlife is figuring out that human infrastructure helps with the hunt
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International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
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Ontario government hopes to be the first in Canada to improve the quality of life for marine animals in captivity.
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Once a traditional way of life across Canada, trapping survives and even thrives in communities throughout the North, including Colville Lake, N.W.T.
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Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
Science & Tech
How so-called rare earth elements are powering our modern tech — and where to find them
Exploration
This motor-free ocean race — with vessels ranging from paddleboards to pedal-assist sailboats — is less about how fast you can go and more about whether you get there at all
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Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
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“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.
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No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange
Environment
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
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#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
Wildlife
Salmon runs are failing and grizzlies seem to be on the move in the islands between mainland B.C. and northern Vancouver Island. What’s going on in the Broughton Archipelago?
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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.
Environment
Now there's a way to visualize exactly what a record warm year globally meant in your city
Environment
Five eco-friendly products used around the world to create paper
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One of the last major steps in the long Rock Bay cleanup project in Victoria recently finished, leaving the Victoria Upper Harbour cleaner than it's been half a century
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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
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When one of the few remaining females of reproductive age in the southern resident population of North Pacific killer whales was found dead near Comox B.C. in 2014, an investigation was launched. The results highlight the challenges of protecting our most iconic marine mammals.
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Whales are beginning to return to B.C. waters — but will they find a safe haven?
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Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario
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This online map platform displays hundreds of stories on ecological farming issues from around the world