An international research team including Canadians has discovered the best-preserved evidence ever found of the earliest humans to inhabit the western hemisphere, dating from 12,000 years...

Herds of invasive white-tailed deer continue to migrate north in Alberta's boreal forest — bolstered by milder winters and human development that cuts through the vast wilderness, a new study...

Most bird species are slow to change their songs, preferring to stick with tried-and-true tunes to defend territories and attract females — but this shift went viral across...

A rocky planet 39 times as massive as Earth has been spotted orbiting a distant star at breakneck speed, with astronomers concluding it may be the surviving core of a planet that was stripped of its gaseous...

Authorities in Botswana do not know what has caused 275 elephants to die in recent months. Poaching has been ruled out because the carcasses were found...

The Global E-waste Monitor 2020 report, released Thursday, found that the world dumped a record 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste last year. Just 17.4 per cent was...

Fishermen on P.E.I. are noticing a high concentration of lion's mane jellyfish.

A research team at Cape Breton University is hoping to find organic nanoparticles that will kill any COVID-19 that lands on plastic...

One year after Prince Edward Island became the first province to ban single-use plastic bags, the Island has managed to keep approximately 15 to 16 million plastic bags from entering its waste management...

All five of Canada's biggest banks are joining an international boycott of Facebook over concerns that the platform is complicit in promoting racism, violence and...

Astronauts performed their second spacewalk in under a week on Wednesday to replace old batteries outside the International Space...

The Cliffs of Fundy is expected to become a UNESCO Global Geopark on July 10. Those who have been calling for the designation say they hope to boost tourism and shine a positive light on a community that has grappled with a devastating...

Bee industry insiders warned it might be a rough year for the honeybee population, and now local beekeepers are confirming — there were devastating losses in the Alberta bee population over the...

Despite taking a hit on the market, Facebook is unlikely to suffer significant damage from the growing ad boycott over its policies on hate speech, say some marketing experts. And some companies could be hurting...

At the South Pole, considered the coldest point on Earth, temperatures are rising fast, which scientists say is a cause for...

Tim Hortons is being investigated by Canadian privacy authorities after media reports raised concerns about how its smartphone app may be collecting and using data on people’s movements as they go about their daily...

Lululemon Athletica, Mountain Equipment Co-op and Arc'teryx are joining a growing list of top international brands vowing not to advertise on Facebook in July because of hateful content that continues to spread on the social media...

Research shows essential cues of real life interaction from pheromones to body language just don’t work on video chats as the lockdown exhausts reserves of office sociability and excludes...

A significant drop in sea traffic brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has created what scientists call a rare opportunity to study how quieter waters affect southern resident killer whales off the British Columbia...

Facebook said Friday that it will flag all "newsworthy" posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from U.S. President Donald...

Consumer giant Amazon said Friday that it is buying self-driving U.S. technology company Zoox, which is developing an autonomous vehicle for a ride-hailing service that people would request on their phones.

Microsoft said Friday it is permanently closing its physical stores around the world, including seven in Canada - in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. The company says it's a "strategic change" motivated by the increasing shift online of sales of its software and computing...

Shares of Facebook and Twitter dropped sharply Friday after British-Dutch multinational company Unilever said it will halt U.S. advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram amid concerns of hate speech on the social media...

Bob McDonald's blog: We may not be travelling much this summer, but there's lots going on above...