Harvard physicist Avi Loeb is leading a group of scientists from around the world in a search for signs of alien-built...

Seismologist John Cassidy says people should be ready to go before the official warning if they feel...

An aerospace company near Edmonton has patented technology it believes can help step up the game of fighting wildfires and other natural disasters in Alberta and...

Staff and volunteers of a forest conservation initiative in Orwell, P.E.I., have embarked on a project to restore the biodiversity of a new section of Acadian...

Mild winter conditions in Nova Scotia would lead to deep water in the Bedford Basin being temporarily devoid of oxygen.

Scientists have been watching extreme weather events unfold across the world this summer, seeing the many links between heatwaves, floods, droughts and climate change. But the scale of some of these events suggests that the climate is no longer changing in a gradual, predictable...

Climate change is expected to lead to a rise in the number of wildfires, which pose health dangers due to smoke inhalation. But there are also other risks to consider, such as the impact on mental health and clean water...

A newly arrived Russian science lab briefly knocked the International Space Station out of position Thursday when it accidentally fired its...

Orcas from J pod had not been spotted in the area for a record 108 days

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the benefits of the Nature Conservancy of Canada's Big Backyard BioBlitz and why higher nighttime temperatures are an overlooked problem of global...

A powerful earthquake that struck just off Alaska's southern coast Wednesday night caused prolonged shaking and prompted tsunami warnings that sent people scrambling for...

The first complete genome sequence for lobster could help fisheries deal with climate change and provide more information on how the human immune system...

A bird rescue centre on Vancouver Island with too many eaglets on its hands put out a desparate call for fish on social media. Locals...

The wildfires in northern Ontario should spark conversations about climate change with people in southern Ontario who are seeing and smelling smoke, says Hind Al-Abadleh, an expert on air pollution, aerosols and climate...

With no rain in many parts of southern British Columbia since June, salmon and crops are struggling to...

Quebec's speleological society and the Montreal borough of Saint-Léonard want to build a new, eco-friendly pavilion that would attract tourists to the cave in Pie-XII...

In a study published last week, conservation scientists say the ecological system of B.C.'s Interior temperate rainforests could collapse within nine to 18 years if the government doesn't stop clear-cut logging in the...

B.C. Parks has closed several climbing areas on the popular rock wall known as the Chief following a significant rockfall early Tuesday...

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...