The end of coal power in Alberta is happening faster than many expected, with the last three plants expected to switch to natural gas by 2023. It'll be the biggest greenhouse gas reduction in Alberta's history. But we're not done yet, writes Blake...

An Edmonton research project is enlisting new recruits to harass urban coyotes in the...

The extreme cold that has gripped British Columbia's Lower Mainland for almost a week is making survival tough for the littlest bird in the...

China is urging the United States to protect a Chinese space station and its three-member crew after Beijing complained that satellites launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX nearly struck the...

Bob McDonald's blog: From low-Earth orbit to the far reaches of the universe, 2021 was a big year for...

A bird flu outbreak in northern Israel has killed at least 5,200 migratory cranes and forced farmers to slaughter hundreds of thousands of...

In Canada, the sunniest place to be, on average, is the Prairies. Why is that? We take a look at the factors keeping the sky clear in Alberta and...

High waters are not uncommon in Dernau, Germany, but on July 14, 2021, they reached a record height of seven metres, as torrential rains turned the Ahr River into a forceful rush of water that swept away cars, homes, even major...

An Ottawa-based company is trying to change the way households across the country dispose of food waste with innovative technology that speeds up the composting process to a matter of...

From simple upgrades you can buy at the hardware store to expert advice on tree health to stricter building codes, much can be done to prepare cities to cope with the new environmental...

British Columbia's farmers are trying their best to cope as record-breaking cold and snowfall affect their livelihood after a year spent bearing the brunt of natural disasters in the...

Edward O. Wilson was a pioneering Harvard biologist who argued for a new vision of human nature in Sociobiology and warned against the decline of...

A chemistry professor at Dalhousie University says snowflakes and crystals form in the sky in different ways based on temperature and...

After a year that saw deadly heat domes, massive wildfires and historic flooding, Ottawa is being pressed to do more to help Canada prepare for life in an increasingly volatile and dangerous...

Two sisters in Coquitlam, B.C., have taken a skill taught to them by their grandmother and turned it into a way to try to help protect the environment and mitigate climate...

A former oil and gas geologist now runs an unconventional farm operation near Olds, Alta., that grows tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, cabbages and other fresh vegetables year-round — and without using any conventional fossil fuel sources to keep his veggies nice and toasty during the harsh winter...

A 310-million-year-old fossilized tree that began its modern journey after falling out of a cliff in Nova Scotia is now on display in a new gallery in one of the busiest museums in the...

Bur oak is ecologically and culturally important in the province. Historically, it grows along the floodplains of the St. John River and its...

It’s a scene we’ve seen on screen before: Giant object hurtles toward us, scientists ring alarms, everyone panics. But while it’s a common trope in movies, just how likely is it that we’ll experience an Earth-ending hit from a comet or asteroid in our...

Decades in the making, the James Webb Space Telescope is set to launch within the coming days. Astronomers have been eagerly anticipating this telescope — and with good...

Scientists say an amazingly well-preserved fossil egg adds more evidence to the close links between dinosaurs and modern...

The number of caribou in a herd that's been "critically low" since 2015 declined by nearly 2,000 animals in the past three years. One wildlife manager who helped with the study says the decline appears to be slowing...

Experts in emergency preparedness are hopeful that stories from the summer’s heat dome, wildfire evacuations and November's catastrophic floods will provide motivation for people to take...

A group of researchers at the University of British Columbia are asking Metro Vancouver residents to share their accounts of the various odours they smell in the region. The information is being collected for their Smell Vancouver project, a study into the connections between odour and air...