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What is the most “Canadian” animal? It’s not the moose
Move over caribou and loon; it might be time for the opossum or mudpuppy to grace our currency
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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: coyote compensation in Alberta, great white shark washed up in Haida Gwaii, baby red panda gets a new name at Toronto Zoo, and bumble bee breeding programme underway in Ontario
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As a deadly disease threatens the species’ existence, bat conservationists rush to find an antidote before it’s too late
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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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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 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: 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: 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: Alaskan wolves are getting a taste for sea otter, right whale-friendly lobster traps are hitting the market, AI is helping the fight against invasive phragmites, and First Nations discuss caribou protection
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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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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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At a fly-in wilderness lodge on Hudson Bay, guests immerse themselves in a rarely studied wolf pack
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Plus: cross-border salmon tension, a clue in the eastern wolf debate, the role of weather in bison migration and evidence a near-mythical wolf once roamed Canada
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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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How ‘maas ol, the spirit bear, connects us to the last glacial maximum of the Pacific Northwest
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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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Otherworldly shots captured by science and conservation photojournalist Samantha Stephens show spotted salamanders trapped by carnivorous northern pitcher plants
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These iconic birds have added magic to the soundscapes of Canada’s lakes for millions of years — but will we hear them forever?
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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: 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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Canadian Geographic is pleased to honour 16 photographers for their outstanding images of Canadian wildlife
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Plus: sharks in the Salish sea, T. rexzilla, shrinking puffins and youngsters flock to birding
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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
Wildlife Wednesday: Pacific salmon travel warm water ‘corridors’ to enter the Canadian Arctic
02Wildlife Wednesday: does Canada need to cull wolves to save ‘baby reindeer’?
03Wildlife Wednesday: study finds California sea lions are getting bigger
04Wildlife Wednesday: the titanic ants that once roamed prehistoric B.C.
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Plus: the stolen 200-kilo polar bear, the bat that leapfrogs its way home, and the weird ancient tree straight out of The Lorax
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Plus: beavers and AI team up to fight wildfire, swamp rodents invade Ontario, sharks in peril, and Great Bear hunting rights bought by conservation group
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An excerpt from Gloria Dickie’s book, Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future, which explores the planet’s eight remaining species of bears and the dangers they face
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Plus: record-breaking polar bears in Churchill, problem-solving racoons in Vancouver, and the urban song sparrows-turned super dads.
The future of Pacific salmon
02Wildlife Wednesday: a “slithery” slope — and how fossils are rewriting evolutionary history
03Wildlife Wednesday: a new genomic tool is teaching us more about “grolar” bears (or “pizzlies”)
04Wildlife Wednesday: narwhals no longer “at risk” after population quadruples
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In this beautifully illustrated book, readers will learn about the essential role of the bumblebee, honeybee and yellow jacket wasp in the Xsan ecosystem
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Plus: wild pigs crossing into N.W.T, AI listening to bee buzz, bowhead whales breaking pregnancy records, and horseshoe crabs paying price for medicinal blood
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Plus: Honey bees love a puzzle and the efforts to save bison in Saskatoon, caribou in Jasper and spotted owls in B.C.
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Plus: Death metal singing bats, the lion of the microbial world, the dino heavyweights going club-to-club, and the accidentally introduced bee threatening native species.
Our cities are for the birds
02Study reveals how Canadian songbirds change their bodies during migration
03Wildlife Wednesday: “milestone achievement” — Bhutan records a nearly 40 per cent increase in snow leopard numbers
04Wildlife Wednesday: the vagrant sea eagle boosting North America’s economy
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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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Dr. Chris Harvey-Clark shares his experience coming face-to-face with one of the ocean’s top predators while scuba diving near Halifax, N.S.
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Plus: a mother orca’s burden, hope for sharks and rays, the link between salmon and wildflowers, and financially tracking the illegal wildlife trade
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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: 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: 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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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.
Wildlife Wednesday: loons are suffering as water clarity diminishes
02Wildlife Wednesday: could traffic control for whales help prevent ship strikes?
03Wildlife Wednesday: how sea otters are helping save marshes, one crab dinner at a time
04Wildlife Wednesday: Toronto Animal Services overwhelmed by distemper outbreak among raccoons
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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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Snowy owls have evolved to survive the harsh environment of the Arctic tundra, but can they survive its warming?
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Plus: the extinct mega-herbivore that once shaped kelp forests, the rare fern fueling a Cape Breton golf course controversy, the great gray owl’s hunting skills revealed, and the continuing crash of Canada’s fish stocks despite investment.
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Celebrating Groundhog Day with wildlife expert Michael Runtz
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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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Wolves! Shape-shifters in a Changing World unpacks the complex social lives of wolves through culture and science alongside stunning images by photographer Michelle Valberg
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Plus: new K-pod whale is confirmed as female, black lynx identified for first time, goats winning the battle against sheep and the secrets of turtle hibernation are revealed
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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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Korean-Canadian filmmaker Sonya Lee dives deep into the world of great white sharks for the latest documentary from CBC’s The Nature of Things
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What Wildlife Conservation Society Canada scientists discovered after examining a colony of thick-billed murres in Cape Parry, N.W.T.
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How Canada’s wildlife is struggling to cope with the human-induced forcings of climate change
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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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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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In the field with researchers and volunteers scrambling to save Canada’s most endangered mammal
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Our love of deer runs deep. But as their numbers surge and damage mounts, it may be time for a reckoning.
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An alien crayfish has touched down in North America. Can Dr. Crayfish save us?
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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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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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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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Arguments for the official recognition of the Canada jay as the country’s national bird
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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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Understanding the spread of non-native earthworms in northern Canada
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CBC Gem documentary “Grizzly Rewild” follows five grizzlies raised in captivity as they’re reintroduced to a world without walls
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Plus: following a whale fall, encountering a great white shark in New Brunswick, pushing to protect the marbled murrelet, and uncovering a fossilized fight to the death
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Canadian Geographic is pleased to honour 15 photographers for their outstanding images of Canadian wildlife
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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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“What are they doing and why are they here and what’s their story?”
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From herring to narwhal to seal, killer whale diets vary across the North Atlantic
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It’s the Year of the Rabbit! Here are Can Geo’s favourite facts on the taxonomic order that houses rabbits, hares and pikas
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Plus: the geese freed after days frozen in icy blocks, the B.C. sea sponges with COVID-blocking superpowers, the bald eagle saved by groundbreaking surgery, and the danger migrating beavers pose to the North