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This will be the first time Canada has entered a team into the competition, which is being hosted in Quebec City next August

Team Canada picked up three medals at the 16th International Geography Olympiad in Hong Kong

From sea ice to ocean currents, Svalbard has a unique yet fragile environment that may look very different as climate change shifts weather patterns

Meet the young geographers who will represent Canada on the world stage at the 2018 “iGeo” in Quebec City

Paul Colangelo shares images from his time exploring the North with the first Canadian to walk in space

The uncertainty and change that's currently disrupting the region dominated the annual meeting's agenda

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

We caught up with Indigenous filmmaker Sarain Fox to talk Giiwewizh — a series of 16 short films directed and shot in isolation on iPhone 12

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

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

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

Study highlights important interconnections between bears, salmon and humans for future management practices

In celebration of its 90th year, the RCGS handed out awards to a diverse and star-studded roster of honourees

Kids from around the world submit hand-drawn maps for International Cartographic Association contest

Remote locations and international clientele make the industry particularly vulnerable

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

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

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

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

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

Silicon Valley software developers and B.C. conservation biologists create a facial recognition technology with photos of bears in B.C. and Alaska

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

Canada boasts three of the world’s eight bear species. This brightly-coloured map helps show where they all range.

What do you do if you encounter a bear? (Photo: Larry Erlendson)

Leaves are out almost a month early in some parts of the United States, and bears are beginning to emerge from their dens — but an early spring can be problematic for some species

What does it take to operate high-tech scientific facilities — including live-study growing chambers and necropsy, genomics and imaging labs — in Canada’s Arctic?

In an excerpt from his new book, A Life of Extremes: The Life and Times of a Polar Filmmaker, filmmaker Max Quinn offers unique insight to some of the most beautiful and extreme places on earth

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

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

A polar expedition has never been this comfortable

A warmer, wetter, and wilder climate is unbalancing the Arctic ecosystem

From Roberta Bondar to Harriet Brooks, Canada has more than its fair share of women scientists to be proud of. However women are still a minority in the STEM fields

How much do you know about the places that deliver us to the sky?

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

Illegal fishing is one of the greatest challenges to ensuring the sustainability of ocean resources, says Fisheries and Oceans Canada