Understanding the spread of non-native earthworms in northern Canada

Canadian Geographic is pleased to honour 15 photographers for their outstanding images of Canadian wildlife

How the legacy of these woolly giants persists in pop culture, storytelling, ecology and even the controversial idea of de-extinction

In the field with researchers and volunteers scrambling to save Canada’s most endangered mammal 

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

Otherworldly shots captured by science and conservation photojournalist Samantha Stephens show spotted salamanders trapped by carnivorous northern pitcher plants

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?”

An alien crayfish has touched down in North America. Can Dr. Crayfish save us?

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?

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

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

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

Plus: experience life as a Toronto raccoon, red-throated loons learn an icy lesson, and orca use icebergs to scratch their itches

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.

The ecologist, photographer, activist and birding guide discusses her fascination with birds, bringing people together and how birdwatching can help people deal with grief

As climate change increasingly alters ecosystems across Canada, salmon populations are proving their resiliency – what they need now are new opportunities to adapt

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

Photographer Brittany Crossman explores the vital work being done inside one of Canada’s most well-known wildlife rehabilitation centres

Wolf behaviour expert and author Günter Bloch and renowned wildlife photographer John E. Marriott explore the rise and fall of Alberta’s Pipestone wolves 

The newest exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Nature invites visitors to experience the world from a bug’s perspective through immersive, sensory experiences

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

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

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.

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

How Canada’s wildlife is struggling to cope with the human-induced forcings of climate change

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

Plus: Canadian scientist witnesses sperm whale birth, wildlife get that shrinking feeling, migratory birds fly ever higher, and teeth tell time (sort of)

Plus: caribou on camera in Wapusk National Park, black bears take over Yellowknife and large-taloned bird ancestry revealed

At a fly-in wilderness lodge on Hudson Bay, guests immerse themselves in a rarely studied wolf pack

Arguments for the official recognition of the Canada jay as the country’s national bird 

Plus: investigating a mysterious golden eagle flight, rescuing abandoned piping plover eggs, running North America’s largest bug farm, and more.

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

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…

As wild pollinator populations continue to decline, researchers are working to develop a vision for Canada’s pollinator protection

Plus: Rapidly evolving cod, surprise science, two new bird monitoring stations and how to protect clams against extreme heat 

Muskoxen have roamed the tundra for millennia, but today these woolly beasts are facing a number of very modern threats to their existence 

“What are they doing and why are they here and what’s their story?”

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.

From herring to narwhal to seal, killer whale diets vary across the North Atlantic