More than one-third of the world's heat deaths each year are due directly to global warming, according to the latest study to calculate the human cost of climate...

When Jackie Bromley, 70, heard the remains of 215 children had been found in B.C., she had flashbacks of her time at St. Mary’s Residential School on the Blood Reserve in southern...

Researchers from Western University in London, Ont., have found a unique subsurface ice feature in a location that would be optimal for future explorers of the Red...

Alberta Fish and Wildlife says it has captured and will euthanize a grizzly that killed a woman near Water Valley last week.

Artist Mark Heine’s paintings are out of this world, or at least they will be when his art travels to the moon this year. 

The live stream might not be what viewers are expecting when they head to the Pools, Hot Tubs and Beaches category on Twitch, but an otter trainer says it's helping build a whole new wave of sea otter...

Experts say higher than normal pollen levels have led to a sneezier allergy season in parts of Canada this year.

Old-growth trees have long been an important part of British Columbia's forestry sector. But the logging of these trees — some of which have stood for 800 years or more — often comes with criticism that their harvest harms B.C.’s biodiversity and ability to deal with climate...

A rocket carrying supplies for China's new space station blasted off on Saturday from an island in the South China...

The EV surge comes with environmental trade-offs, but some Canadian upstarts are doing things...

CN Rail has been fined $100,000 for spraying harmful pesticide over hundreds of kilometres of track in northwestern B.C., damaging vegetation near the Skeena...

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at an emerging technology that both helps mining companies and reduces emissions and examine the increasing popularity of floating solar...

The Wuhan lab-leak theory of COVID-19 isn't new, and no major evidence has suddenly appeared. What has changed is calls from scientists in the field, the Biden administration, and others to investigate it properly — because even the head of the World Health Organization says that hasn't happened...

Nelson, B.C., home-care aide Michael Jeffery discovered a skunk stumbling on the road last weekend with its head stuck in an empty beer can that was cut in half. He had a little internal debate about whether he could rescue the animal without getting...

Oceana, an independent advocacy group, says that for the second year in a row, it found that a majority of vessels sailing through the Gulf of St. Lawrence exceeded the 10-knot voluntary speed limit during the first week it was in...

B.C. Ministry of Forests confirms tree was cut on North Island in 2020, months before new protections for giant trees came into...

There's a 40 per cent chance that the world will get so hot in the next five years that it will temporarily push past the temperature limit the Paris climate agreement is trying to prevent, meteorologists...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a new security directive for pipeline owners and operators on Thursday after a hack this month of the Colonial Pipeline disrupted fuel supplies in the southeastern United States for...

Graduate student Makayla Swain is studying the effects of moose impacts on forests in N.L. — and one of their biggest effects comes in the form of poop. Because moose are not native to Newfoundland, the landscape is affected by their very presence, and by what they leave...

The new mandate comes at a time when the sector is facing increasing pressure to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and transition to lower-emitting sources of...

The government of Canada is launching a new program today that offers Canadians grants of up to $5,000 to pay for energy-saving...

Scientists have uncovered rare fossil evidence of an inter-species relationship between two different types of worms more than 500 million years ago in what is now the Canadian Rockies. It’s one of the oldest examples in the fossil record of symbiosis, a close, long-term interaction between two...

Evidence shows a debilitating virus found in British Columbia salmon was transferred from Atlantic fish farms, which then spread from Pacific aquaculture operations into wild fish, says a study published...

Ecuador confirmed on Tuesday that a giant tortoise found in 2019 in the Galapagos Islands is a member of the species Chelonoidis phantasticus that was considered extinct a century ago. Galapagos National Park is preparing an expedition to search for more of the tortoises in an attempt to save the...