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Environment
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Provinces are falling behind on their obligation to protect the caribou's forest habitat, report says
Wildlife
World Wildlife Fund cautions that fishery management must take entire local ecosystem into account
Wildlife
Arctic “shrubification” caused by global warming may be drawing herbivores further north
Wildlife
New report from the WWF calls for increased international cooperation on polar bear conservation
Places
Responding to feedback from Canadians, environment minister Catherine McKenna promised a renewed focus on science and conservation for Canada's protected places
People & Culture
Conference Board of Canada’s food report card highlights problems territory’s residents have feeding themselves
People & Culture
A Statistics Canada analysis showed that companies that have robots employ 15 per cent more human employees and have fewer managers
People & Culture
Canada outperforms all other G7 nations in new happiness ranking
People & Culture
A celebration of the Canadian Coast Guard’s renowned search-and-rescue capabilities — and more — as the special operating agency turns 60
People & Culture
Wildlife
Organizations would like to see at least 50 per cent of the boreal forest protected from industrial development
Environment
As the impacts of global warming become increasingly evident, the connections to biodiversity loss are hard to ignore. Can this fall’s two key international climate conferences point us to a nature-positive future?
Wildlife
Agricultural expansion, invasive species, climate change blamed for decline in bird species worldwide
Environment
A new report from the Boreal Songbird Initiative calls for enhanced protection of wetlands within Canada's boreal forest
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
The decrease in human activity could be the reason
Wildlife
Advocacy group says action plans are urgently needed for the recovery of 26 dangerously depleted fish populations
Wildlife
Wildlife
Conservation managers at the park reported 63 new fledglings of the endangered bird this year
History
The little-known story of the 1918 Spanish Flu and how we're preparing for the next great pandemic
History
Introductory insights into the Canadian Coast Guard’s role in the search area
History
The amazing story of Renatus Tuglavina, remembered in northern Labrador as a folk hero
History
A look back at the early years of the 350-year-old institution that once claimed a vast portion of the globe
Mapping
Information from Canada’s 2016 food safety report card shows the incidence of four illnesses
Mapping
The Pew Charitable Trusts suggests shipping corridors in the Arctic that could be classified by level of risk
Mapping
The mismanagement of personal protective equipment waste is contributing to environmental degradation
Mapping
Data on each province's obesity rates affects public policy. How accurate is it?
Mapping
Canadian Geographic’s cartographer explores how media, scientists and citizens are charting the coronavirus pandemic
Science & Tech
More than 2,500 industry and policy leaders were involved in the report, which identified five "policy enablers" to transition to a low-carbon energy system.
Science & Tech
Every minute, the equivalent of one garbage truck full of plastic waste leaks into the world’s oceans. By 2050, that’s expected to increase to four trucks per minute
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Charts from Canadian emission-cutting strategies developed by The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project.
Wildlife
Following a deadly summer for the endangered whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is tightening regulations for crab fishers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Wildlife
Environmental groups frustrated by lack of action on the part of the provinces
Environment
Canada excels in UN’s global ranking on healthcare and education, but garbage habits lower country’s overall sustainability score
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
How people are trying to save Manitoba's waterways
Wildlife
Bears could be facing a tough winter after an early berry season and a fall salmon run that was projected to be low.
Wildlife
The blob isn’t consuming everything in its path — but it is having a notable impact on marine life in the region.
Environment
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
Environment
In his new book, Original Highways: Travelling the Great Rivers of Canada, Roy MacGregor examines the historical legacy and future of Canada's greatest rivers
Wildlife
This past summer an ambitious wildlife under/overpass system broke ground in B.C. on a deadly stretch of highway just west of the Alberta border. Here’s how it happened.
Places
In the stillness of an Arctic midwinter night, an old church bell rang out, and I stopped breathing for a few seconds
Wildlife
Ontario government hopes to be the first in Canada to improve the quality of life for marine animals in captivity.
Environment
A new report by Alpine Club of Canada scientists and other experts highlights worrying trends in Canada’s mountain ecosystems
Environment
Overall, the world's urban air is getting dirtier. But Canada's city skies are among the cleanest in terms of particular matter
Environment
RCGS Fellow Jacqueline Windh jumped at the opportunity to participate in a six-week cleanup along the coast of B.C.
Wildlife
Environment
Fire detection, forecasting, management — and how decisions are made
Wildlife
Sydni Long writes about her experience using citizen-reported sightings for the Ocean Bridge program
Wildlife
Conflicts with wildlife in Canada continues to be an issue, but there are ways to keep yourself and wildlife safe
Wildlife
Caribou numbers in Canada are dropping drastically — and quickly — leaving the iconic land mammal on the brink of extinction
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
Wildlife
Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
Wildlife
Satellite images used to calculate catches
Wildlife
Environment
Vancouver Island marmot, blue whale and Ungava seal included in NatureServe Canada report
Wildlife
Conservation groups say current catch-and-release policies are a good start to helping salmon stocks recover, but don't go far enough
Wildlife
Ten caracasses of the critically endangered whale have been found in the past two months.
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
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.
People & Culture
Canadian Paralympians and Para athletes join the mission to increase trail accessibility across Canada
People & Culture
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Mapping
Marine protected areas are widely considered to be an effective tool for ocean conservation. But are they living up to their full potential?
Wildlife
Canadian birdwatchers help make the 18th annual Great Backyard Bird Count the most successful one to date
People & Culture
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.
Environment
As ship traffic increases off the coast of British Columbia, so will accidents. The Heiltsuk Nation intends to be ready.
Mapping
The pandemic has already had a dramatic impact on the economy and environment, and may even offer clues as to how to more effectively address climate change
Wildlife
Science & Tech
Wildlife
Environment
Vancouver might just be home to the greenest building in the world. Meet the geography professor who brought it to life.
Environment
The World Meteorological Organization has declared 2015 likely to be the warmest year on record – and it’s not even over yet.
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
Wildlife
IUCN moves right whales to the second-last step before extinction on endangered species list
Mapping
Chinese reports estimate the Northwest Passage would be 30 per cent faster than using the Panama Canal
Mapping
While the United States served up enough daily calories per capita to keep it in the red, it was surprisingly Austria that topped the list with 3,769 calories.
Mapping
‘Maps aren't magic,’ says University of British Columbia prof — but during disease outbreaks, they can help us sort good information from bad
Environment
Science & Tech
The last megathrust earthquake to strike Canada was in 1700, and the clock is ticking. How we’re preparing for the impact.
Environment
Wildlife
A memoir by Julia Zarankin