Michelle Kunimoto has more than 3,000 planetary candidates under her belt. After a stint at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working with NASA, the B.C. astronomer is about to return to her alma mater, University of British Columbia — this time as a faculty...

Scientist Cori Lausen says climate change and disease are killing off bats — but humans can play a role building them temperature-stable homes. That includes roosts with multiple...

A group of scientists, conservationists and a west coast seaweed company are testing an approach to 'seaforestation' that they hope could help protect the future of Nova Scotia's...

Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, is responsible for nearly half of Italy’s olive oil and almost 15 per cent of worldwide production, and global warming has put it at particular...

2023 was a busy year in science. Here are 10 stories worth revisiting as we wind up the...

More consumers are choosing diamonds that are created in labs over those that have been mined, both as a way to save money and for ethical and environmental reasons. These lab-grown diamonds now make up nearly 20 per cent of the global diamond jewelry...

For a decade, cryptology fans had been trying to solve something called the "Silk Dress cryptogram." Earlier this year, a Winnipeg academic figured it...

A new study suggests chimpanzees and bonobos remember each other’s faces even after spending years — or even decades —...

When a toilet is flushed in California, the water can end up in a lot of places: An ice skating rink near Disneyland, ski slopes around Lake Tahoe, farmland in the Central Valley and — coming soon — kitchen...

Every year, Environment and Climate Change Canada puts out its top 10 Canadian weather stories, compiled by senior climatologist David Phillips. And this year there was no doubt what would top the...

Taters the cat chasing a laser pointer actually marked a historic milestone, as the video was sent back from nearly 31 million kilometres away by NASA’s laser communications...

Warming ocean temperatures caused by climate change will provide favorable conditions for Atlantic halibut according to a new study, although what happens to their prey is...

The world’s largest iceberg, known as A23a, is on the move in open water after being stuck to the ocean floor since the 1980s. It is drifting off the coast of Antarctica and may pose a risk to wildlife if it collides with the unpopulated South Georgia...

Grainy webcam video showed the moment of the eruption as a flash of light illuminating the sky at 10:17 p.m. local time. As the eruption spread, magma, or semi-molten rock, could be seen spewing along the ridge of a...

A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, destroying homes, leaving residents out in a below-freezing winter night and killing 126 people in the nation's deadliest quake in nine...

Residents in many areas of B.C. reported feeling the effects of a minor earthquake that struck in B.C.'s Coast Mountains, about 220 kilometres north of Vancouver on Sunday...

For thousands of years, a breed of white wooly dog played an important and pampered role for Coast Salish people on North America’s west coast, but when colonists moved in the animal quickly became extinct, a new study...

Dylan Bucci worked tirelessly on pushing cancer research forward even as he struggled with the disease himself. Watch his family, teacher and a research scientist celebrate his legacy less than two years after his death. Video: Sean Monfero, Evan Rivard, and Patrik Dela...

The borough of Saint-Léonard replaced Dino Delisi's maple tree with a ginkgo tree years ago. The problem? They planted a female tree by mistake. When its fleshy seeds fall and rot in the autumn, the odour released is akin to rancid cheese or vomit. The city says mess and inconvenience aren't sufficient reasons to take the tree...

A new study has found cats roaming free are ruthless creatures that prey upon almost any animal, reptile, insect, and amphibian around the world. Their hunting is so prolific and so successful, the authors found, that it poses a legitimate threat to global...

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at what species might be hiding in all those Christmas trees and examine how electric two- and three-wheeled vehicles are helping reduce global oil...

New Zealander Anton Thomas drew a massive map free of humans and political borders, but packed with 1,642 animals roaming the Earth's lands and...

Some East Vancouver residents say they're losing bulbs on their outdoor lights to the thieving rodents, who experts say also enjoy gnawing on the chewy...

Teams of scientists worked behind the scenes to sequence genes of pathogens, concluding that the current deadly outbreak was caused by eating cantaloupe contaminated with unique strains of salmonella.