
Wildlife
Why understanding animal behaviour is key for biodiversity conservation
By understanding why animals do what they do, we can better protect them while making people care
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Wildlife
By understanding why animals do what they do, we can better protect them while making people care
Travel
From South African penguins and Canadian bears to Australian wombats and Bolivian pumas, Robin Esrock introduces inspiring wildlife sanctuaries where volunteers make all the difference
Wildlife
Melanie Challenger explores the conflict between humanity and the animal in her new book, How to Be Animal: A New History of What it Means to be Human
Wildlife
How the legacy of these woolly giants persists in pop culture, storytelling, ecology and even the controversial idea of de-extinction
Wildlife
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Kids
History
Kids
Environment
The pioneering primatologist talks about her time with chimpanzees, what inspired her to become an activist and what individuals can do to help the planet
Wildlife
The death and entanglement of 17 of the endangered mammals last summer spurred an unprecedented effort to make the Gulf of St. Lawrence safer — but will it be enough?
Wildlife
The trickster hero — ferocious, clever and strong — will need all of its ingenuity to continue to flourish
Wildlife
Nearly half of the wildlife species assessed at the most recent meeting of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada are small and obscure, with limited ranges. Here’s why they matter.
Kids
As the fastest land animal in North America, the pronghorn is a highly migratory animal that has incredible vision and can be identified by the horns on its head. …
Kids
The Arctic char is the most northernly occurring of any freshwater fish and mainly inhabits the Arctic and adjacent oceans.
Kids
As a seasonally camouflaged species, the rock ptarmigan has brown plumage in the summer and white plumage in the winter to blend in with its surroundings. …
Kids
Despite being Manitoba’s official bird, the great grey owl can be found in nearly every Canadian province and territory. …
Kids
Caribou are highly migratory animals that stay together in herds while they move almost constantly. …
Kids
As the largest heron in North America, the great blue heron stands about one metre tall. …
Kids
The bald eagle is one of Canada's largest birds of prey and is well-known for its regal appearance and contrasting coloured feathers.
Wildlife
Insects are by far the most populous species on the planet, but they seem to be disappearing. Why aren’t more people concerned?
Wildlife
Wildlife is figuring out that human infrastructure helps with the hunt
Environment
Environment
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History
From horses to dogs to glowworms, these animals helped soldiers
History
“Most successful season” of exploration since the wreck was discovered surfaces 350 artifacts from officers’ quarters
History
It wasn't just men who sailed into the Arctic's unrelenting grip in 1845
History
Happy National Canadian Film Day! Here's some fun facts about Canadians in cinema
History
The Canadian Museum of History’s newest exhibit, Unexpected! Surprising Treasures From Library and Archives Canada, opens Dec. 9
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.
Wildlife
This first of its kind collaboration led to the rescue of baby beluga in Nepisiguit River
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.
Wildlife
Conflicts with wildlife in Canada continues to be an issue, but there are ways to keep yourself and wildlife safe
Wildlife
Over the last few weeks I’ve been sharing a selection of my favourite stats and feats from my new book
Wildlife
After a series of mass deaths in recent years, what can we do?
Kids
Beluga whales are one of the most recognizable species of whale thanks to their white colouring and thick bodies which are primarily made of blubber (40 to 50 per cent of their…
Kids
Highly adapted to living in the cold, the Arctic hare has shortened ears and limbs and almost a quarter of its body is made up of fat. …
Kids
Black bears are common within Canadian forests. If you ever encounter one, the best way to scare it away is by making yourself look as big as possible or by making loud noises…
Kids
Well-known for their long black necks and white cheeks, the Canada goose is a large wild goose that can be found in several regions across North America.
Kids
Often nicknamed "sea parrots" or "clowns of the sea", Atlantic puffins are a well-loved seabird the breed in large colonies along cliffs or offshore islands. …
Kids
Spending a majority of their time on the seafloor, the Atlantic cod is a popular food fish that can be found contiguously along the east coast.
Kids
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Kids
Commonly referred to as the 'spirit bear', the Kermode bear was named after Frank Kermode who was the former director of the Royal B.C. Museum, Victoria.
Kids
The orca, or killer whale, is a highly recognizable species that is known for its iconic black and white colouring. …
Kids
Unlike most owls, the Burrowing Owl nests underground. …
Kids
The massive North Atlantic Right Whale is Canada's “true whale of the ice.” …
Wildlife
In new CBC comedy series Crawford, the ubiquitous backyard bandits get something of an image overhaul
Wildlife
Muskoxen have roamed the tundra for millennia, but today these woolly beasts are facing a number of very modern threats to their existence
Wildlife
Turns out it wasn’t always a simpler time way back when.A group of British and Canadian scientists have discovered a 560-year-old fossil that shows signs of the oldest…
Wildlife
In his new book The Inner Life of Animals, Peter Wohlleben offers a compassionate glimpse into the surprisingly complex emotional lives of creatures both wild and domestic
Wildlife
Plus: Rapidly evolving cod, surprise science, two new bird monitoring stations and how to protect clams against extreme heat
People & Culture
The cultural site near Saskatoon is working to connect non-Indigenous and Indigenous people to 6,000 years of the region’s First Nations heritage
Wildlife
Plus: Cross-dressing hummingbirds, tracking genetically modified animals, and Arctic “junk food”
Wildlife
Plus: hybrid birds, a new study on tiger sharks, the importance of parks and octopuses that throw
Wildlife
Ontario government hopes to be the first in Canada to improve the quality of life for marine animals in captivity.
Exploration
How research on little-known “marine animal forests” could shine a light on ocean hope spots — and why they need protecting
Wildlife
In the 1990s, an abrupt decline in the fish-eating southern resident population dropped to 75 whales from 98
People & Culture
The father of four and founding member of the Canadian Conservation Photographers Collective discusses his love for nature, finding the time to photograph and more
Wildlife
An estimated annual $175-billion business, the illegal trade in wildlife is the world’s fourth-largest criminal enterprise. It stands to radically alter the animal kingdom.
Wildlife
Parks Canada announces $25,000 fines for tracking collared wildlife in Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks
Kids
Did you know polar bears aren’t actually white? Or that bears mark their territory by rubbing their backs on trees?
Kids
11 facts about Canada and Canadians that are sure to entertain children of all ages
People & Culture
Over the last few weeks I’ve been sharing a selection of my favourite stats and feats from my new book Canadian Geographic Biggest and Best of Canada: 1000 Facts &…
Wildlife
It’s the Year of the Rabbit! Here are Can Geo’s favourite facts on the taxonomic order that houses rabbits, hares and pikas
Wildlife
Love them, hate them or love to hate them, this industrious animal takes the spotlight on April 7 for International Beaver Day
Wildlife
Plus: Tree species at risk, inbreeding polar bears, and a 20,000-kilometre butterfly chase
Wildlife
In January, British Columbia ordered a controversial cull of about 180 wolves, to be shot from helicopters, in the South Selkirk Mountains and South Peace regions. The cull is…
Wildlife
Plus: Arctic-bound beavers, New Brunswick’s rare vulture visit, Manitoba’s cougar comeback and Canada’s feistiest flora
People & Culture
The New Land 2013 expedition is following the route of Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup across Ellesmere Island,…
Environment
There are times when I speak and, based on the reactions of those around me, I feel very much like Cliff Clavin, the know-it-all barfly from the 1980-90s sitcom Cheers.…
Environment
Last week, I shared a selection of my favourite stats and feats) from my new…
People & Culture
Over the last few weeks I’ve been sharing a selection of my favourite stats and feats from my new book Canadian Geographic Biggest and Best of Canada: 1000 Facts &…
History
Over the last few weeks I’ve been sharing a selection of my favourite stats and feats from my new book Canadian Geographic Biggest and Best of Canada: 1000 Facts &…
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