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Wolf Watching on the Tundra

Few wilderness creatures arouse more controversy and curiosity than wolves do

Written by Alex M. Hall

Photos by Alex Hall

UP HERE - MAY/JUN 2025

In Cold Bloom...

See Arctic adaptation in six plants, from poppies to prickly saxifrage

Written by Page Burt

Photos by Page Burt

UP HERE - MAR/APR 2025

Nature... and Nurture

How a popular northern hot spring caters to visitors from near and far—and bears, moose and snails

Written by Haley Ritchie

Photo by Haley Ritchie

UP HERE - MAR/APR 2025

Things that Go Flap in the Night

But for how much longer? Short-tailed shearwaters can migrate 30,000 kilometres, but the warming oceans may be more than they can handle

Written by Page Burt

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UP HERE - MAR/APR 2025

Mystery on Arctic Ice

Grolars. Pizzlies. They were a riddle worthy of the Hardy Boys. Biologist Evan Richardson’s big question: Could these hybrids have cubs?

Written by Trina Moyles

Photo by Jenny Wong

UP HERE - JAN/FEB 2025

Hare, There… and Everywhere

From the boreal forest to the top of Ellesmere Island,
these animals are a familiar sight in the north.
Just don’t call them rabbits

Written by Page Burt

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UP HERE - NOV/DEC 2024

The Prophecy

A murre colony on Nunavut’s Coats Island has a lot to say about the future of animals and plants in the North—and elsewhere.

Written by Alanna Mitchell

Photo's courtesy of Douglas Noblet

UP HERE - SEP/OCT 2024

Snakes on the Plains

Life on the edge with North America’s most Northern snakes.

Written by Page Burt

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Up Here Business No. 4/23

A boom in lithium exploration is covering well-worn ground in the NWT. but there’s a new story in those old rocks as the world scrambles to meet exploding
demand for the metal. Could this be the start of the territory’s mineral revival?

Written by Cooper Langford

Photo courtesy: Li-FT Power

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