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Snow GooseLearn the secret of the flying goose’s “V formation.” See how these migrating birds signal the changing seasons.
Canada GooseGet the full story behind the familiar Canada goose. Learn how human wildlife management spurred their century-long comeback.
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Canada GooseCanada geese usually graze together in fields, eating grasses, sedges, grains, and berries. Their bills have serrated edges, which helps them cut tough grass stems. These birds also feast on aquatic vegetation. When eating in water, they "tip up," reaching underwater and tearing water plants with their heads beneath the surface and their rear ends sticking up in the air. Male geese fight one another to win a particular female. The winning male gets the female as a mate, and the pair may stay together for life. The female of the pair picks a good spot to make her nest. She finds a place—always near water—which is isolated and a little higher than anything right around it. The female makes her nest of dry grasses, twigs, and other plant material. She uses her body to shape the nest into a bowl. The baby geese, called goslings, take about a month to hatch. Babies are covered with soft feathers called down. They hatch with their eyes open and will leave the nest within 24 hours, following their parents. Goslings can swim right away. In less than two months, the goslings grow adult feathers and learn to fly.This goose feigns injury to save its chicks from a leopardDecember 04, 2018 – An Egyptian goose is intelligent enough to trick a male leopard into avoiding its chicks, as shown in this rare video clip.
Watch live: A Canada goose is nesting at National Geographic headquartersApril 23, 2019 – A Canada goose pair has laid eggs in National Geographic’s courtyard. Hatching is imminent.
Is the Christmas Goose Making a Comeback?December 21, 2015 – A hundred years ago, a golden-browned goose was a familiar delicacy on December 25th. Scrooge thought it essential to add to poor Bob Cratchet’s table …
Mooncakes, Goose, and BlackberriesOctober 14, 2014 – When you look at the history of holidays, it becomes clear that the human race spends a lot …
The deepest-diving whales could inspire new treatments for stroke and cancerAugust 21, 2025 – Goose-beaked whales hold the record for the deepest dive of any mammal. Researchers want to learn their secrets to develop new drugs for human diseases.
Watching Polar Bears Eat Goose Eggs in Warmer ArcticOctober 23, 2013 – The warming Arctic makes it harder for polar bears to hunt seals, their traditional prey, on the ice. Could a supplementary diet of (raw) snow goose omelets help?
Do Canada geese still fly south for winter? Yes, but it's complicatedDecember 16, 2020 – North America’s growing suburbs are the perfect habitat for the bird, whose population is exploding.
See what a year looks like in the fastest-warming place on EarthApril 06, 2023 – Melting fjords, increasing avalanches, imperiled wildlife. Our photographer documented the effects of climate change through all four seasons in Svalbard, Norway.
Polar Bears Turning to Goose Eggs to Survive Warming?November 10, 2010 – Forced ashore earlier due to global warming, the bears are finding nutritious treats on land in the form of goose eggs, studies say.
Inside the first Pride parade—a raucous protest for gay liberationJune 25, 2021 – In 1970, LGBTQ activists gathered in cities across the U.S. to demand their civil rights. “No one who was there can talk about it without goose bumps.”
The art of iceberg chasing in NewfoundlandJuly 31, 2023 – Each year, massive hunks of 10,000-year-old glaciers drift toward Canada’s east coast. Their beauty can be ephemeral—but social media is helping more travelers to find them.
‘I got goosebumps’ at Endurance’s discoveryOctober 05, 2022 – In today’s newsletter, we talk to a witness of an extraordinary undersea discovery, dive into Ireland's ‘hell caves’, come face-to-face with a devil in the jungle, meet the world’s first celebrity chef … and cheer for Angola’s most honored athletes.
Bloody Skies: The Fight to Reduce Deadly Bird-Plane CollisionsNovember 08, 2013 – Airplane bird strikes are costly and can be deadly. More must be done to prevent them, says Capt. Chesley Sullenberger.
