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Infographic: How endangered whales’ songs could be key to their protection
How do you save an endangered species in the vastness of the open ocean? Listen for it.
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How do you save an endangered species in the vastness of the open ocean? Listen for it.
Environment
Exhibit tells the tale of a rare blue whale that washed up dead in Newfoundland in 2014, offering new insights on Earth's largest animal
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Live underwater webcam captures the antics of the lovable whales, but also provides important insight into beluga biology
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Scientist Peter Ross uses all the high-tech tools of a crime scene investigator — except his crime scene is the open ocean
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As Arctic sea ice vanishes, new measures are needed to protect marine wildlife from increased ship traffic
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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
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The Impact Series platform is streaming WATSON, directed by Lesley Chilcott, which documents the exploits of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder, Paul Watson
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A controversial proposal to reopen the seal hunt in B.C. might boost numbers of chinook salmon, but at the expense of other marine mammals, says a UBC professor
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The B.C. based biologist reflects on her decades long fight to preserve the ecosystem she calls home
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Budget 2018 contains some major investments in Canada's wilderness and wildlife. Here are the highlights.
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Welcome to the sinaaq, or floe edge, where landfast ice meets open Arctic Ocean and species thrive
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The planet is in the midst of drastic biodiversity loss that some experts think may be the next great species die-off. How did we get here and what can be done about it?
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Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
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From plains bison in Elk Island National Park to beluga whales in Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, Parks Canada is leading the charge on these crucial wildlife recovery programs
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Photographer Martin Gregus recounts his summer 2020 expedition to the western coast of Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba
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World Wildlife Fund cautions that fishery management must take entire local ecosystem into account
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Population of the endangered whale estimated at 525
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When it detects whales, the glider sends a signal to nearby ships
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Undersea drones are the newest whale protection tool
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Raised from the sea, sculpted by tides and winds, the ever-changing Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve protects colossal monoliths and myriad species
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Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
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Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
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A new study out of Oregon State University offers hope that some marine animals possess natural defenses to ocean acidification
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Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
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Oil and gas extraction, mining, dumping among prohibited activities in ecologically sensitive areas set aside for conservation
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Blood on ice in the Arctic is not a sign of death, but an affirmation of life itself
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Plus: skydiving salamanders, Canada’s returning monarch, orca blubber insights, and the woodpecker-wasp conservation dream team.
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The deaths are a major blow to the vulnerable population, which is estimated at around 500 individuals
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The blob isn’t consuming everything in its path — but it is having a notable impact on marine life in the region.
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History
On April 1, 1999, Canada’s youngest population took control of its largest territory. Here’s how Canadian Geographic covered the story.
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Can British Columbia’s spiny dogfish make the grade as the world’s first “sustainable” shark fishery?
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Understanding the effects of disturbances on killer whales
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Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
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Sydni Long writes about her experience using citizen-reported sightings for the Ocean Bridge program
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Artists aim to connect with beluga whales through music
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Population of the endangered whale estimated at 525
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Only about 400 North Atlantic right whales remain in the wild
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The slowdown of human activity as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to some surprising benefits for wildlife conservation. Can we keep them going after the danger has passed?
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And moreover, should it? Plus: Dinosaur fight club, birds about town, and tracking whale whoops
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Increase in whale strandings during periods of intense solar activity suggests whales may attune to Earth’s magnetic field for navigation
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Ten caracasses of the critically endangered whale have been found in the past two months.
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International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
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The resurgence of the humpback whale means its status could be downgraded
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As climate change accelerates Arctic melt, the ice is offering up its secrets
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The predatory whale’s scientific name pays tribute to Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of death
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Researchers are concerned that climate change could mean prolonged toxic algae blooms are 'the new normal.'
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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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The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science kicks off Feb. 3, 2021
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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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A new study finds zoos and aquariums in Canada are publishing more peer-reviewed research, but there is still more to be done
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Listening to orcas helps researchers understand their behaviour
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Unmanned aerial vehicles are controversial; we explore their pros and cons
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Key facts and figures about this remote patch of the Beaufort Sea
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City’s park board to present a bylaw amendment that would ban the importation and display of whales, dolphins and porpoises