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Dec 5, 2024 | 
the-standard.org | Thomas Lundy
Two genre-blending music superstars will be coming to the Ozarks next summer.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
canadiangeographic.ca | Thomas Lundy
Nearly 20 years after launching a long-term research project on sperm whales off the Caribbean nation of Dominica, Shane Gero has known some of the whales he studies longer than he’s known his own kids. Gero, a scientist-in-residence at Carleton University in Ottawa, has dedicated his professional life to studying sperm whales — their language, family ties, culture and conservation.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
canadiangeographic.ca | Thomas Lundy
Researchers design cooling stations to help Atlantic salmonAs Atlantic Canada’s rivers heat up, engineers may have devised a solution to increase critically important cold spotsAn aerial image of two passive systems a year after construction on the Killag River in Sheet Harbour, N.S. (Photo: Kathryn Smith)Expand Image The forces at work on the bodies of migrating Atlantic salmon are powerful, as the mighty fish cross oceans and propel themselves up fast-flowing rivers.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
canadiangeographic.ca | Thomas Lundy
Earlier this year, the Alberta government announced a plan for targeted hunts for specific grizzly bears and elk that have become ‘problematic.’ Scheduled to start this fall, about 7,000 Albertans have applied for a spot on the hunts — what the provincial government is calling a wildlife management tool. So far, 30 Albertans have been selected, 10 each from the province’s north, south and central regions.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
canadiangeographic.ca | Abi Hayward |Michela Rosano |Thomas Lundy
A new study led by University of Chicago researcher Eyal Frank has found that where bat numbers drop, infant mortality in humans rises.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
shop.canadiangeographic.ca | Monica Kidd |Thomas Lundy |David Geselbracht |Cara McKenna
FEATURESTHE POLITICS OF WILDFree-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. By Monica KiddPhotography by Sandy SharkeyPROTECTORS OF AQVIQTUUQThe northern tip of mainland Canada is a paradise undisturbed by mining. Residents of Taloyoak, Nunavut, are fighting to keep it that way.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
canadiangeographic.ca | Alexandra Pope |Thomas Lundy
A snowshoe hare kicks up fresh snow as it races across the forest floor. A jumping spider perches nervously among the moss spores that blanket a piece of driftwood. A Pacific sea nettle drifts eerily in the dark turquoise waters of God’s Pocket Marine Provincial Park in B.C., its tentacles trailing.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
canadiangeographic.ca | Thomas Lundy
People & CultureThe Canadian astronaut discusses her journey as an astronaut and next steps in space explorationJul 23, 2024798 words4 minutes For Jenni Gibbons, going from a young girl growing up in stunning Alberta to the designated Canadian backup astronaut for NASA’s Artemis II moon mission was a natural progression.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
canadiangeographic.ca | Thomas Lundy |Emina Ida
Stepping out of his office and into the soft golden hues of an October afternoon in mainland Canada’s northernmost community, Jimmy Ullikatalik, a middle-aged Inuk with a laugh fit to fill a room lugs a heavy wooden crate over the threshold and onto the frozen ground. There’s a muffled crunch as plywood eases into snow. “It’s a grenade launcher,” says the manager of the Taloyoak Umarulirijigut Association with a grin (umarulirijigut means “liaisons of environment and wildlife”).
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May 17, 2024 | 
canadiangeographic.ca | Thomas Lundy |Aidan Harradence
There’s something strange maneuvering its way into our ponds, rivers and lakes. It’s a mutant. It’s a strong, independent, all-female species — with an extra set of chromosomes — that literally don’t need no man. It has murky origins in post-cold war Germany’s aquarium trade. It’s already been unleashed on central Europe, Madagascar and Japan to devastating effect. It’s self-cloning, spawning hundreds of identical progeny at a time.
