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As foxes move from the forest to the city, they show more doglike traits and appear to be naturally self-domesticating in the U.K. — but the same isn’t happening here at home When Kevin Parsons moved ...
This challenge is about making more sustainable choices around food, clothing and consumption habits. It starts with simple swaps and can grow into community involvement or larger lifestyle shifts.
Recording the soundscapes of our ecosystems is a burgeoning field that allows researchers to better decode what the Earth is saying. But are we listening?
The history behind the Dundas name change and how Canadians are reckoning with place name changes across the country — from streets to provinces In some ways, there aren’t many streets like Toronto’s ...
*It means “awake” in Beothuk, the language and people who once called present-day Newfoundland home for about 2,000 years. One young woman, believed to be the last living Beothuk, left a collection of ...
Already gaining steam before the pandemic, interest in urban farming — and hunger for hyper-local food — has soared. A look at three Canadian takes on the urban farming phenomenon The early days of ...
The once-ideal big leafy yard faces off against housing density as Canada’s first suburbs evolve ...
Foster and Christine Godwin of Owl Moon Environmental have monitored birds in the Fort McMurray area for a decade, and the fire, while devastating economically and emotionally to many, provided them a ...
Most international borders adhere to some sort of logic. They follow coastlines or rivers, watersheds or natural barriers. They make sense. Not so the 49th parallel. The border from the Lake of the ...
Harold Innis, an important early 20th-century Canadian intellectual, famously claimed that Canada “emerged not in spite of geography but because of it.” This assertion rested on Innis’s remarkable ...
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 ...
Another reckoning is coming with climate change. How do we deal with our mental health — and ultimately find hope?