Scientists are taking a controversial technology associated with surveillance, and adapting it...

A newly released report on the status of wild species in Canada has cataloged more species than any previous report — roughly 50,000 — and warns more than 2,000 of them face a high risk of being wiped out in the...

Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, has started to erupt, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby, authorities said...

Bob McDonald's blog: Mathematical laws of motion and gravity that go back hundreds of years underpin our ability to guide spacecraft to distant...

The European Space Agency on Wednesday named the first ever 'parastronaut' in a major step towards allowing people with physical disabilities to work and live in...

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is working to develop technology to be used in space to help astronauts stay as safe as they possibly can. But the bonus? That technology is first being developed for those of us living on...

Several humpback whales have been found dead in B.C. in the span of just a few weeks, and it appears humans may be the cause in at least three of the...

A meteorite about one meter in diameter landed in Lake Ontario near Grimsby on the weekend, causing a fireball seen across southern Ontario. Experts are asking residents who find any dark, heavy, magnetic, melted-looking rocks to consider donating them for further...

NASA's Orion capsule reached the moon on Monday, whipping around the back side and passing within 128 kilometres on its way to a record-breaking lunar...

As COP27 was coming to an end, the Ontario government was planning new highways and suburbs on its precious green belt. Critics call it a path to economic ruin. With immigration swelling the country's population, cities are now being nudged to follow Europe's lead, and some are listening, if just to keep from going...

Negotiators early Sunday approved a historic deal that would create a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims of extreme weather worsened by rich countries' carbon pollution, but an overall larger agreement was still up in the air because of a fight over emission reduction...

Bob McDonald's blog: A new study has given researchers one more reason to think about putting long-duration astronauts in cold storage. It may help protect them against dangerous cosmic...

Civil society groups, Indigenous activists and scientists are standing together at the COP27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, and demanding firm action be taken next month at the UN Biodiversity Conference that will be hosted in...

Here we go again. After two scrubbed launch attempts and two hurricanes that pounded the Space Coast, NASA is once again trying to get its giant moon rocket off the...

On Tuesday, the United Nations officially marked the day the global population reached eight billion people. While the population has been rapidly increasing since the 1960s, this trend could come to an end before the end of the...

By putting a value on things like wetlands, forests and coastlines, municipalities can make a financial case to invest in, protect and restore ecosystems while also benefitting from the services they...

What's at stake at COP27? Has any progress been made since COP26? Why can’t it be a virtual event? Here's what you wanted to know about the climate change...

Those in favour of and opposed to salmon farms in B.C. are worried time is running out: environmental groups say depleted salmon stocks can't afford to wait for the transition, while the industry worries about job losses if the transition isn't handled...

When the temperatures drop, tiny ice crystals form in the atmosphere, acting as small mirrors reflecting any light beaming up at them from...

The ill-fated Challenger broke apart soon after liftoff in 1986. Now, a crew of divers has uncovered some more of its debris while searching for clues in another...

A tiny rufous hummingbird apparently didn't get the memo summer was over, prompting a pair of birders to set a trap worthy of a Loony Tunes cartoon to get it to go...

After centuries of inactivity, a volcano in the Alaskan panhandle has awakened from dormancy. Scientists have traced a swarm of minor earthquakes to magma activity below Mount Edgecumbe, around 450 kilometres northwest of Prince Rupert, B.C., but say an eruption is...

A review of more than 100 studies finds that swearing helps people tolerate pain, ease stress, build and maintain interpersonal connections, and in some cases, be more persuasive. 

Lunar eclipses occur when the moon passes through Earth's shadow, and today is the second time this year one has...