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TORONTO (AP) — The Royal Canadian Geographic Society said its choice for Canada’s national bird epitomizes the best of the country’s national traits: smart, hardy and friendly. The Society said ...

We were shocked this past week to learn that Canada doesn't have a national bird. Can you imagine all that landscape, all that nature and no bird to own it? Well, the Royal Canadian Geographical ...

During the past year, as America embarked on the treacherous task of selecting a new president, Canada selected, for the first time, a national bird. Its decision, which also came in November, was the ...

The humble, hardy gray jay is poised to become the national bird of Canada — and that's causing quite a flap. Canadian Geographic has officially recommended that the bird, also known as the whiskey ...

Associate Professor, Member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, University of Guelph Ryan Norris is an Associate Professor at the University of Guelph.

Researchers have found a new "grue jay" bird in South Texas, a hybrid between blue and gray jay birds that is likely the result of shifting weather patterns and climate change.