Tim Doucette with the Deep Sky Eye Observatory in southwestern Nova Scotia has captured a dazzling time-lapse of the green comet that's making a rare pass near Earth.

Dolph Schluter is fascinated by the origins of species, whether it be the famous finches of the Galapagos or the "humble" threespine stickleback fish of B.C. Now he's being honoured with one of science's most prestigious awards, the Crafoord Prize in...

A mining corporation on Sunday apologized for losing a highly radioactive capsule over a 1,400-kilometre stretch of Western Australia, as authorities combed parts of the road looking for the tiny but dangerous...

A coyote that appeared to have mange and an injury to its leg found refuge outside a building supplies store in Charlottetown where employees kept watch over it until it was picked up and taken to the Atlantic Veterinary...

Environmentalists say the spread of the European starling after over a century is a cautionary tale about how widespread invasive species can become over...

Climate-conscious shoppers may buy local food and try to cut packaging waste – but those efforts could be negated by potent greenhouse gases leaking from supermarket fridges. Here’s a look at why that’s happening, what the solutions are, and how ordinary shoppers could make a...

If you’re over 30, you likely remember a time when there was a lot of hand-wringing over the ozone hole and skin cancer, as well as the threat of acid rain destroying life in lakes and on land. The reason we don't hear about it anymore is good news, but misinformation on social media claims...

Primitive primates living on Ellesmere Island didn't have to deal with extreme cold, but would have had to adapt to the 6 months of darkness that falls the Arctic every...

Bob McDonald's blog: NASA and DARPA are beginning development of a new fission rocket which will have to get over a high bar of safety. And it won't be our first experience with nuclear power in...

India will receive 12 cheetahs from South Africa next month that will join eight others it received from Namibia in September as part of an ambitious plan to reintroduce the cats in the country after 70...

As part of the Canadian Space Agency's Deep Space Food Challenge, students at the University of Guelph showcased how they would grow food in...

Five people have been killed in avalanches across B.C. in the past month, including experienced skiiers and brothers on a guided heli-skiing trip in B.C.'s Interior. Experts have an explanation for what's making this season so deadly — and they say it started months...

A former teacher found a mammoth bone west of Edmonton last year. A local museum has accepted the specimen as a...

Instead of designing buildings, Esha Munshi puts her aesthetic skills to use by collecting, photographing, measuring and cataloguing the wings and feathers of India's more than 1,300 bird...

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how grocery story refrigerants are contributing to global warming and how air pollution is changing our...

Corrie and Jason Adamson found a massive egg on their farm almost two weeks ago. Today they decided to crack the egg, and inside they found a surprise. A second...

Historically, fermentation was used to extend the shelf life of food. Now, it’s being harnessed to produce more nutritious food, in a more environmentally friendly...

The spread of COVID-19 misinformation in Canada cost at least 2,800 lives and $300 million in hospital expenses over nine months of the pandemic, according to estimates in a new report out...

A fungus that is responsible for the deaths of millions of bats has arrived in Alberta. The fungus causes white-nose syndrome in bats, a disease that interrupts a bat's winter hibernation, prompting the animal to waste its energy and die of starvation. How did we get...

The number of monarchs that have survived the migration to Mexico is estimated to have fallen to near-record lows this winter. But experts say these numbers don't mean much on their own, as reporting on year-to-year changes doesn't give an accurate representation of the health of the...

An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will whip past Earth on Thursday night, one of the closest such encounters ever...

Our bodies have an entire system that uses similar compounds to those found in...

The Porcupine caribou herd is one of the biggest in the world. A three-day gathering organized by the Gwich'in Tribal Council in Fort McPherson, N.W.T., invited people to find ways to keep it that...

The Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) report claims there is no "statistically significant association" between sea lice infestations among wild juvenile Chum and Pink salmon and the fish farms they migrate past along the B.C....