As fungi bloom into the mainstream, a research station hidden in the B.C. Rainforest aims to uncover some of the mysteries of mushrooms Branden Walle, director of biology at Kapoose Creek, B.C., ...

An expedition led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has found that the wreck of the storied polar exploration ship is an oasis for marine life in the Labrador Sea The ship’s stern and much of ...

When scientists started documenting alarming declines in the Thechàl Dhâl herd of Dall sheep, it sparked a vital conversation between biologists and First Nations communities. What was causing the ...

Built by Swiss guides high on the Continental Divide, a storied refuge will be dismantled just months ahead of its 100th birthday, a casualty of our warming planet “The rains descended, and the floods ...

“I think that’s a common thread for explorers — the desire to feel small and insignificant in something much larger. There’s this serene, peaceful other-worldliness to the North. You go up there once, ...

In 1764-65, surveyor Samuel Holland, on orders from the British Crown, created the first truly modern, accurate map of Prince Edward Island As Prince Edward Island prepares to celebrate the 250th year ...

Written on animal skin 350 years ago, the Royal Charter that created the Hudson’s Bay Company is both an incredible and problematic document The signing of the HBC Royal Charter by Britain's King ...

Part of our roundup of 90 of Canada’s greatest explorers, these 17 explorers boldly went where few have dared Thirteen years before Lewis and Clark crossed North America to the Pacific Ocean, ...

The song of a male red-winged blackbird takes on a visible form as it stakes out its territory on a cold spring morning. (Photo: Stanley Bysshe) Our planet has a soundtrack. There are the birds, of ...

Land cover change maps can help us determine our impact on the land — and how we can mitigate it in the future We can tell a lot about how the world changes with land cover change maps, the 2010-2015 ...

Maps have long played a critical role in video games, whether as the main user interface, a reference guide, or both. As games become more sophisticated, so too does the cartography that underpins ...

As Canada embarks on a process of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, the Métis are still without territory to call their own Historian Arthur J. Ray wrote* that many of Canada’s Indigenous people ...