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The Porcupine caribou herd is at a crossroads. As oil and gas drilling threatens critical calving grounds, advocates are fighting to protect one of Earth's greatest land migrations. Read more: https://bit.ly/43Ky5dC Written by Trina Moyles 📸 : Peter Mather
Caribou people: The story of conserving the Porcupine caribou herd is a story about working together
Amid oil and gas threats to the ancient calving grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd and startling population declines, people on both sides of the border are coming together to protect them
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Photographed by Can Geo Photo Club member Tony Austin, a male American Wigeon watches the sky in Colwood, BC. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/
Founded to fuel Canada’s oil and gas industry, communities like Swan Hills and Fox Creek are now facing a new question: what comes after oil? Read “After Oil” by Ian Canon in our July/August issue or online: https://bit.ly/4h1WO58 📹: Kyler Zeleny
A Common Blue Butterfly finally pauses on a leaf in St-Jérôme, rewarding the patient wait of Can Geo Photo Club member Yvan Leduc. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/
Today on Can Geo: Zen Mariani explains the ground-breaking Polar Night Experiment, plus more atmospheric stakes in the Far North Read the full story: https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/flying-through-arctic-storms-in-the-name-of-science/
Flying through Arctic storms in the name of science
Zen Mariani explains the ground-breaking Polar Night Experiment, plus more atmospheric stakes in the Far North
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Today on Can Geo: Though Inuit in both countries experienced colonization in different ways, connections across the Arctic remain deeply rooted in shared language, history and identity Read the full story and explore the map: https://bit.ly/4ufRLBL
On the map: Examining historic Inuit migration routes between Canada and Greenland
Though Inuit in both countries experienced colonization in different ways, connections across the Arctic remain deeply rooted in shared language, history and identity
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A small Savannah Sparrow balances delicately atop a lupin while hunting for insects in Abbotsford, BC, captured by Can Geo Photo Club member Alana Zaal. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/
Today on Can Geo: 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. Read the story: https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the-fright-of-a-lifetime-accidentally-encountering-a-great-white-shark-in-canada/
The fright of a lifetime: Accidentally encountering a great white shark in Canada
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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Caught mid-scratch in the evening light, a fox tosses a subtle glare toward the camera — captured by Can Geo Photo Club member David Sturge. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/
Shark Week at Can Geo: Squalene, a compound found in shark liver oil, is a common ingredient used in vaccines to boost the body’s immune response Read the full story: https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/covid-19-vaccine-might-require-compounds-from-shark-liver/
COVID-19 vaccine might require compounds from shark liver
Squalene, a compound found in shark liver oil, is a common ingredient used in vaccines to boost the body’s immune response
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High in the backcountry of BC's Cascade Mountains, a rare and vivid aurora dances above the Milky Way's galactic core, captured by Can Geo Photo Club member Liron Gertsman. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/
In episode 122 of the Explore Podcast, award-winning journalist and RCGS Fellow Jenn Thornhill Verma joins host David McGuffin to discuss the legacy of Newfoundland’s cod collapse. 🎧 Listen now: https://bit.ly/3ToKkLb
🦈 Shark Week: Today's Deep Dive 👉 https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/dead-or-alive-a-dive-into-the-landing-ban-on-endangered-shortfin-mako-sharks/
Dead or alive: A dive into the landing ban on endangered shortfin mako sharks
Under Canadian leadership, the landing ban means more sharks will survive accidental capture — but is it enough?
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Can Geo Photo Club member Patrick Sanford captured this River Otter floating lazily on its back after diving for prey in the waters of Ottawa. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/
Canada's biodiversity is in crisis. This World Conservation Day, join the Network of Nature in protecting the nature that sustains us. We thrive when nature thrives. 🌱 Visit networkofnature.org for more information about restoring and fortifying Canada’s unique biodiversity. 📸: CanGeo Photo Club
🌊 Today's Shark Week feature: Encountering the carcass of one of the ocean’s top predators and how studying its remains can help researchers save the living Read the full story 👉 https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/death-on-the-ocean-floor-a-great-white-shark-mystery/
Death on the ocean floor: a great white shark mystery
Encountering the carcass of one of the ocean’s top predators and how studying its remains can help researchers save the living
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Purple light breaks softly over Jasper National Park in this sunrise, shot by Can Geo Photo Club member Nunzio Guerrera from a lookout along the Icefields Parkway. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/
Near Edmonton, a calm and curious moose lingers roadside, captured by Can Geo Photo Club member Jaxsen Bennetts, age 15. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/
🦈 Shark Week at Can Geo: As white sharks make their presence known off the coast of Atlantic Canada, researchers and locals want to know: should people be worried? Read the full story 👉 https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/shark-tales-canadas-great-whites/
Shark tales: Canada’s great whites
As white sharks make their presence known off the coast of Atlantic Canada, researchers and locals want to know: should people be worried?
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Today on Can Geo : Spanning 25,450 metres in length, British Columbia’s ARGO cave system surpasses Castleguard Cave by more than 4,000 metres 👉 Read the full story: https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/pursuing-the-void-the-discovery-of-canadas-new-longest-cave-system/
Pursuing the void: The discovery of Canada’s new longest cave system
Spanning 25,450 metres in length, British Columbia’s ARGO cave system surpasses Castleguard Cave by more than 4,000 metres
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A bright Yellow Warbler splashes in a cool stream, photographed by Can Geo Photo Club member Vatsal Shah near London, Ontario. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/
🏔️ Can Geo Trivia What is the highest mountain entirely within Canada? A) Mount Logan B) Mount Robson C) Mount Columbia D) Mount Waddington
Can you guess this Canadian landmark? 👀 This week's #ScenicSaturday moment by Bing Li was captured at sunset in Alberta, showing a mountain range reflected in a calm lake.
Today on Can Geo: Zen Mariani explains the ground-breaking Polar Night Experiment, plus more atmospheric stakes in the Far North 👉 Read the full story here: https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/flying-through-arctic-storms-in-the-name-of-science/
Flying through Arctic storms in the name of science
Zen Mariani explains the ground-breaking Polar Night Experiment, plus more atmospheric stakes in the Far North
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Today on Can Geo: Establishing a traditional sugar shack in the Gaspésie region of Quebec was a way for a previously landless First Nation to maintain cultural traditions 👉 Read the full story here: https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/sigewigus-culture-on-tap/
Sigewigus: Culture on tap
Establishing a traditional sugar shack in the Gaspésie region of Quebec was a way for a previously landless First Nation to maintain cultural traditions
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Captured by Can Geo Photo Club member Oscar (@pilotoscar777x) in Alberta, a weathered piece of driftwood quietly frames another world beyond. #PhotoOfTheDay Join the Photo Club, or tag #ShareCanGeo for a chance to be featured: https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/
Happy Friday! Our Can Geo Question of the Day is: If you could witness one natural event in Canada, which would you choose? For us, it'd be the caribou migration 🦌 Tell us your answer below ⬇️