
Wildlife
Why did the salamander cross the road?
Turns out, in the City of Burlington at least, it was to have a lot of sex
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Turns out, in the City of Burlington at least, it was to have a lot of sex
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Lake sturgeon populations have plummeted in the Great Lakes watershed. Here’s how First Nations are collaborating with scientists to save an ancient relative.
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The biologist and filmmaker on his latest documentary Animal Pride, an exploration of queer animal behaviour
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From oversized crustaceans to octopi named after a Disney character, the alien-like life in Canada’s deep sea is full of incredible, colourful creatures
Wildlife Wednesday: Gabby the oldest Great Lakes piping plover makes another successful migration
02Wildlife Wednesday: avian flu kills polar bear for the first time ever
03The ice walkers: Canada’s polar bears
04Wildlife Wednesday: Arctic fox “green thumb” effect on tundra can be seen from space
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Canadian Geographic is pleased to honour 16 photographers for their outstanding images of Canadian wildlife
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Wildlife photographers on the thrill of the chase — and the importance of setting ethical guidelines
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La première campagne lancée par le Collectif canadien des photographes de conservation sensibilise aux menaces qui pèsent sur la faune sauvage en raison des routes, du transport ferroviaire, du transport maritime et du trafic aérien.
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The debut campaign launched by the Canadian Conservation Photographers Collective brings awareness to threats to wildlife from roads, railway transit, ocean transportation and air traffic
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In the Galápagos Islands, giant tortoises roam freely after becoming one of the most decimated species in the volcanic archipelago
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La détérioration des relations binationales et le démantèlement des agences scientifiques Américaines jettent une ombre d’incertitude sur les efforts de conservation transfrontaliers actuels
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The breakdown of binational relations and gutting of U.S. science agencies brings uncertainty to current cross-border conservation efforts
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Peregrine falcons were able to recover, but beluga whales weren’t. A group of scientists set out to find out why.
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Move over caribou and loon; it might be time for the opossum or mudpuppy to grace our currency
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Plus: the key to a shrew’s heart, dino fossil mother lode discovered, and the toxic hitchhikers impacting the Arctic
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Plus: not so peachy jellyfish invade B.C., polar bears aren’t as old as once thought, and elephant seals can’t say no to a dinner bell
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Plus: sharks in the Salish sea, T. rexzilla, shrinking puffins and youngsters flock to birding
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Plus: Arctic walnuts from a time long past, how cicada wings are inspiring biomimicry, wild horse digestion and pesticide-tolerant frogs.
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Plus: an epic butterfly adventure, Indigenous-led solutions to boost endangered caribou and…are plants talking to each other?
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Plus: the mammoths of Vancouver Island, the sustainable beluga-hunting of the Inuvialuit, and how some coho salmon stay sea lice-free
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Plus: the sad death of Nakoda and her cubs, the NASA satellites tracking endangered wildlife, the climate challenges facing Atlantic herring, and… sharknados?
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Plus: 3,000 illegal shark fins seized by the DFO, Atlantic Canada’s seals under investigation, salmon use ‘cooling stations’ to de-stress, and 16-kilogram tortoise found wandering spinach patch
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Plus: Canada jay sibling rivalry, northern leopard frogs bounce back, waterfowl struggling in the prairies, and Pokémon Go meets wildlife in new mobile game
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Award-winning birder and acclaimed writer Pete Dunne explores how birds in North America have adapted to survive the challenges of the winter season
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Urban and migratory birds rely on city spaces to rest and recharge; here’s how you can help
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Researchers at Western University’s Advanced Facility for Avian Research explore how much songbirds’ bodies can change to fly higher when migrating
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Canada jays thrive in the cold. The life’s work of one biologist gives us clues as to how they’ll fare in a hotter world.
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Plus: orcas are eating a toxic diet, southern birds are moving in on northern birds thanks to climate change, North Atlantic right whale population is steadying, and red swamp crayfish are showing up unwanted in Nova Scotia
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Plus: orca serve fishy looks, Christmas trees in peril, and polar bear poop offers up its secrets
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Plus: mercury rising in the North Atlantic, borers hitting Vancouver, killer whales diving on a single breath, and falcons feeling the effect of banned chemicals
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Plus: Canada’s favourite baby orca finally free, turkeys run wild in Quebec, giant prehistoric sabre-toothed salmon renamed, and Toronto Zoo is expecting a snow leopard-shaped bundle of joy
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Plus even more whale news: grey whale die off declared over, using forensics to investigate humpbacks, a new species of orca, and a sad spate of right whale calf deaths
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Plus: sturgeon-a-surgin’ in the Great Lakes, caribou -a-boomin’ on Baffin Island, orca for days in the open ocean, and “horrific” animal poison banned in Canada
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Narwhals, caribou, Arctic hare and more! Learn about the recent research being done on Nunavut’s unique flora and fauna.
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Using their remarkable sense of hearing, great grey owls can pinpoint prey deep beneath the snow, picking up sounds as low as -14 decibels from 50 metres away
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ᑑᒑᓕᒻᒥ ᑲᔪᓯᑦᑎᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ, ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖏᑦᑐᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᑲᓖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᒪ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᑎᖓᐅᔭᐃᑦ
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Narvals, caribous, lièvres arctiques et bien plus encore! Découvrez les recherches récentes menées sur la flore et la faune uniques du Nunavut.
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Across the Pacific Northwest, sea stars are melting at an astonishing rate as a result of a deadly disease — find out what researchers are doing and how you can help study the issue
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In the Hudson Bay Lowlands, polar bears have reigned supreme. Increased sightings of a new predator have everyone on high alert.
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How scientists, volunteers, and incarcerated women are finding hope and metamorphosis through supporting a struggling butterfly
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As the sea otter begins its long-overdue return to Haida Gwaii, careful plans are being laid to welcome them — and to preserve a prosperous shellfish harvest
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How ‘maas ol, the spirit bear, connects us to the last glacial maximum of the Pacific Northwest
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Understanding the spread of non-native earthworms in northern Canada
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Canadian Geographic is pleased to honour 15 photographers for their outstanding images of Canadian wildlife
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How the legacy of these woolly giants persists in pop culture, storytelling, ecology and even the controversial idea of de-extinction
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In the field with researchers and volunteers scrambling to save Canada’s most endangered mammal
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Director and writer of the documentary Modern Goose shares his insights into the lifestyle of an average Canadian goose living in our country’s suburbs
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Otherworldly shots captured by science and conservation photojournalist Samantha Stephens show spotted salamanders trapped by carnivorous northern pitcher plants
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Wild pigs have been wreaking havoc as they spread across Canada. Is their expansion inevitable, or can we put the brakes on this “ecological trainwreck?”
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An alien crayfish has touched down in North America. Can Dr. Crayfish save us?
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Free-roaming horses have existed in Alberta for hundreds of years. Some say they’re a nuisance, while others believe they have their own place in the landscape. In the end, who gets to decide the horses’ fate?
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Plus: the elephant seal that keeps coming back, the fox that solved an infection mystery, and the hypersexual zombie cicadas about to emerge from the ground
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Plus: bowhead whales spending more time in Arctic waters, Toronto Zoo’s newborn white rhino calf gets a name, bird brains are put to the test, and the pesky leafhopper that could help shed light on climate change
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Plus: blue and fin whales are mating ‘with porpoise,’ B.C. Court ruling finds an environment minister’s statement is ‘for the birds,’ hungry crustaceans chow down on live jellyfish, and why pigs wearing clothes is not the cute story you think it is
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Plus: experience life as a Toronto raccoon, red-throated loons learn an icy lesson, and orca use icebergs to scratch their itches
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Plus: juvenile salmon migration timing is changing, candy-striped spiders are catching big prey and $500,000 worth of baby eels seized in Enfield, N.S.
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The ecologist, photographer, activist and birding guide discusses her fascination with birds, bringing people together and how birdwatching can help people deal with grief
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As climate change increasingly alters ecosystems across Canada, salmon populations are proving their resiliency – what they need now are new opportunities to adapt
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A Canmore, Alta. based wildlife and nature photographer reflects on how bears and wolves could be faring in the midst of the fire, and shares some of his most memorable photos
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Photographer Brittany Crossman explores the vital work being done inside one of Canada’s most well-known wildlife rehabilitation centres
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Wolf behaviour expert and author Günter Bloch and renowned wildlife photographer John E. Marriott explore the rise and fall of Alberta’s Pipestone wolves
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The newest exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Nature invites visitors to experience the world from a bug’s perspective through immersive, sensory experiences
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Conservation photographer Kali Wexler marvels at the annual event in the coastal waters around Vancouver Island — and explains why it is so critical to the ecosystem
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Plus: The silver-haired bat that sings, the whale that lives in human-like clans, the industry that could breathe life into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the new regulations that aim to protect Canada’s most valuable fish
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Plus: a sea lion and an octopus fight to the death, new luminescence discovered in sea cucumbers, volcanic winters may have caused dinosaur extinction, and the white bison gene is revealed.
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Plus: orca don’t love metal music, orangutans get new home at Toronto Zoo, Dominica protects ‘carbon heroes’ of the sea, and crickets boost acoustic efficiency in surprising ways
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How Canada’s wildlife is struggling to cope with the human-induced forcings of climate change
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Plus: city lights make bird eyes smaller, killer whales play “pass the porpoise,” Atlantic walrus more at risk than ever, and grizzly bears besieged by forestry roads
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Plus: Canadian scientist witnesses sperm whale birth, wildlife get that shrinking feeling, migratory birds fly ever higher, and teeth tell time (sort of)
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Plus: caribou on camera in Wapusk National Park, black bears take over Yellowknife and large-taloned bird ancestry revealed
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At a fly-in wilderness lodge on Hudson Bay, guests immerse themselves in a rarely studied wolf pack
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Arguments for the official recognition of the Canada jay as the country’s national bird
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Plus: investigating a mysterious golden eagle flight, rescuing abandoned piping plover eggs, running North America’s largest bug farm, and more.
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Plus: “Poptart” the humpback whale spotted with newborn calf, world-record poison ivy found in Ontario, wing spots give monarch butterflies migration boost, and the ups-and-downs of mountain chickadee breeding
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Named after its distinct blue colour, the blue shark is one of the most wide-ranging and easily recognizable sharks in the world. It can be found on both Canada’s Pacific and…
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As wild pollinator populations continue to decline, researchers are working to develop a vision for Canada’s pollinator protection
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Plus: Rapidly evolving cod, surprise science, two new bird monitoring stations and how to protect clams against extreme heat
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Muskoxen have roamed the tundra for millennia, but today these woolly beasts are facing a number of very modern threats to their existence
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“What are they doing and why are they here and what’s their story?”
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Plus: Hvaldamir the spy whale, White Gladis the vengeful orca, the sparrows that switch part of their brain off, and the decayed giant washed up on P.E.I.
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From herring to narwhal to seal, killer whale diets vary across the North Atlantic