A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday morning on a 12-year quest to explore eight...

Bob McDonald's blog: Actor William Shatner's nakedly emotional response to his sub-orbital flight is a welcome reminder of the perspective-changing potential of a trip to...

For the second straight year, the world is heading into a new La Niña weather event. Here's more on what to expect and what that means for the weather and the hurricane...

Queen Elizabeth said she was irritated by world leaders who talk about climate change but do nothing to address global warming, and said it was still unclear who would turn up at the COP26 climate summit in...

What exactly are world leaders hoping to achieve at the COP26 climate conference in Scotland next month? CBC News takes a closer...

An Ontario court has ruled in favour of the City of Toronto in its bid to preserve a 250-year-old oak tree — ordering the owner of the North York property the tree sits on to sell the home to the city at the agreed price, despite the current market value soaring during the...

Canadians are — and will remain — among the biggest consumers of energy over the next decade even as policies ramp up to make the country more energy-efficient, a global energy forecast...

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the benefits of a home energy evaluation and how Britain brought back the beaver.

Severe storms swept across Greece Thursday, flooding hundreds of homes in Athens and prompting evacuations on the island of Evia that was ravaged by summer...

Prince William has taken a thinly veiled swipe at the billionaires embroiled in a space tourism race, saying the world's greatest brains should instead be focused on solving the environmental problems facing the...

Around 300 more people fled their homes early on Thursday as flows of molten rock pouring from the Cumbre Vieja volcano threatened to engulf another area on the Spanish island of La...

The federal government’s failed collaboration with a vaccine manufacturing company in China early in the pandemic has led to a delay of nearly two years in efforts to create a made-in-Canada COVID-19...

A new map produced by the City of Ottawa and Ottawa Public Health reveals vast differences in surface temperatures measured across the city during a heat wave in July 2019. Ecologists say we have a lot to learn from...

The project's first drone took off on Wednesday afternoon, flying about four kilometres to carry health-care supplies from the village of Fraser Lake to a nearby Indigenous community, located about 100 kilometres north of Prince George,...

Intimate photos that provide a rare window into the lives of polar bears, birds and insects have earned several Canadians recognition in this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year...

A bat-infested roof might make a perfect turnkey haunted house for Halloween enthusiasts, but for an unsuspecting B.C. couple, it provoked a strong case of buyer’s...

Hundreds of people on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands awoke on Wednesday fearing for their homes and property after a new lava stream from an erupting volcano threatened to engulf another neighbourhood on its way toward the Atlantic...

Actor William Shatner counted down Wednesday to his wildest role yet: riding a rocket into space, courtesy of Star Trek fan Jeff...

There are many reasons the Crown might prefer a plea deal over a trial: saving the court time and money; relieving prosecutors from having to prove their case; allowing a remorseful defendant to move on with their life. But avoiding public debate isn't typically one of...

Windy weather over the course of October is pushing storm petrels further inland than usual, leading to thousands being rescued in some unexpected...

Wisps of green light danced across the night sky as a display of aurora borealis was visible across Manitoba on...

The endangered orcas are not not suffering from a shortage of chinook salmon to feed on in the Salish Sea, according to new study out of the University of British...

Ruth Hamilton was sound asleep in Golden, B.C., last week when she was awoken by her dog barking, the sound of a crash through her ceiling and the feeling of debris on her...

The aurora borealis gave British Columbians a show on Monday, from Vancouver Island to Fort St. John and the...