An animal law non-profit group is calling on the Ontario government to investigate Marineland's treatment of Kiska the...

Fossils that formed 890 million years ago in what is now the Northwest Territories may be by far the oldest evidence of animal life ever found, a controversial new Canadian study...

Record-setting temperatures in B.C. this summer have had consequences other than wildfires, smoke and drought. Swarms of grasshoppers have descended on portions of the province's Interior, and they are making life difficult for...

Some B.C. municipalities are changing their heat-wave management plans, including potentially keeping cooling centres open overnight, as unseasonably high temperatures hit Metro Vancouver once again this...

National Capital Commission student biologists are combing the grasslands of Gatineau Park to tally sightings of two species of threatened ground-nesting birds, the Bobolink and Eastern Meadowlark, which could protect the land from...

A legal battle is brewing between the City of Toronto and the owner of a 250-year-old heritage tree who is refusing to sell the property where it stands — the latest snag in a years-long community push to protect the famous red...

Since April 1, 2021, the B.C. Wildfire Service has responded 1,231 wildfires, which have burned 4,250 square...

Receding glaciers and smoky skies are some of the stark changes that come to mind when Caroline Hedin thinks about how the Rocky Mountains are...

Originally, the federal government estimated a $176 million permanent fishway would be completed by May 2022, but now, officials say that timeline is “no longer possible” and further costs are...

Western University is collecting data from more than 450 cameras observing meteors worldwide, which are operated by “enthusiastic amateur astronomers” as well as professionals and citizen...

The skull from a blue whale that washed ashore in Rocky Harbour in 2014 was officially unboxed Tuesday in a ceremony at Memorial University's new core science...

A combination of intense heat and drought conditions is causing wildfires in Western Canada to generate their own weather systems, experts...

An application for a plant near Clinton, B.C., is meeting opposition from First Nations,...

An explosion at an industrial park for chemical companies in Germany killed at least one person Tuesday, with 31 others injured and four missing. Fire officials who tested the air said there did not appear to be a danger to nearby residents after authorities initially urged people to shelter...

A Halifax scuba diver has found something that could shed a little new light on one aspect of a dark chapter in Nova Scotian...

Biologist Pierre Etcheverry and his son, Antoine, teamed up to take spectacular pictures of an endangered eagle’s rare visit to...

Calgary naturalist Brian Keating was hiking in the Sunshine Meadows in Banff on Friday when he saw something unusual: a black Columbian ground...

Six decades after tonnes of mercury were dumped into the Wabigoon River, Grassy Narrows First Nation has reached an agreement with Ottawa for $68.9 million more in funding to build a home that will care for people experiencing the health impacts of the...

Data from the Multi-Materials Stewardship Board shows Newfoundlanders and Labradorians missed out on a lot of recycling refunds last year — to the tune of more than $6...

The flourishing bald eagle population on P.E.I. is being called a success story.

Memorial Professor Lisa Rankin said the team is made up of eight people of different skill sets, with archeologists, historical researchers and community...

A growing number of so-called "adventure cats" are headed outdoors on leashes to explore the country with their intrepid owners.

The City of Toronto has noted more fatal coyote attacks against dogs this year, just as a Scarborough family's dog was severely injured in a recent...

Drought, heat and drier fuels are causing larger areas to be burned by B.C. wildfires, says forestry...