Researchers from three Maritime universities are hoping microbes collected from the bottom of a lake near an abandoned gold mine in Dartmouth, N.S., will provide a model for how to clean up contaminated sites across the province in a quicker and less-intrusive...

First of all, don't call them murder hornets, says provincial apiarist.

The dwindling witnesses to the world's first atomic bombing marked its 75th anniversary Thursday, with the mayor and others noting the Japanese government's refusal to sign a nuclear weapons ban treaty, highlighting its...

Facebook has deleted a post by U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time, saying it violated its policy against spreading misinformation about the...

The chemical compound ammonium nitrate is believed to have been the cause of the devastating explosion in Beirut on Tuesday. But how can such a chemical cause such a massive and destructive...

Kayakers at St. Martins say they were surprised to spot a shark swimming about 50 feet from them in the water near the sea caves on...

Facebook's Instagram is officially launching its answer to the hit short video app TikTok — Instagram...

Conservation officers rescued the animal found in Maple Ridge in a bit of a jam...

Video-sharing app TikTok has updated its content policies to curb misinformation on its platform ahead of the presidential election in the United States, the company said on...

Indigenous leaders in the N.W.T. and northern Alberta are "angry" about a joint decision between the federal government and the province of Alberta to cut the budget for environmental monitoring in the...

The federal government's new COVID Alert app doesn't offer 100 per cent privacy and could allow some who test positive for the coronavirus to be identified, particularly those who live in small communities or who don't interact with many...

Vaccine development normally takes years, if not decades. But scientific teams around the world are aiming to develop a COVID-19 vaccine in 12 to 18 months. Here’s how they’re speeding up the process and why they think a vaccine produced this fast will be just as safe as any...

Seventy-five years after two nuclear bombs were dropped in Japan — killing hundreds of thousands of people in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — one small community in the Northwest Territories is still haunted by its connection to the...

Canadian wildlife conservation photographer Shane Gross has won awards for capturing ocean life and humanity’s impact on it. He tells The National’s co-host Andrew Chang about his mission to create emotional connections with his photographs that will hopefully lead to lasting change. Host/Reporter: Andrew Chang Producer: Sean Brocklehurst Camera/Editor: Jared...

The deep valleys scarred into the surface of Mars under thick sheets of ice show that the planet once mirrored the Canadian High Arctic, says a new...

Two U.S. astronauts who were the first to ride a commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station and the first to make a splashdown landing in 45 years, will share their experiences with the media Tuesday...

A Florida teen identified as the mastermind of the scheme that gained control of Twitter accounts belonging to politicians, celebrities and tech moguls in order to scam people out of more than $100,000 US in Bitcoin has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of...

European Union regulators say they're opening an in-depth investigation into U.S. tech giant Google's plan to buy fitness tracking device maker Fitbit, saying they are concerned the deal would entrench Google's position in the online ad...

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming told employees on Tuesday there were misunderstandings on Chinese social media about TikTok's situation in the United States and that the company could face more difficulties as anti-Chinese sentiment rose...

The pandemic has found a way to derail more than 25 years of research on Atlantic puffins and a variety of other seabirds on Machias Seal Island in the Bay of...

With sea levels rising faster in Nova Scotia than almost anywhere in the country, experts say the need for coastal property owners to take action to mitigate against erosion is more important than...

Montreal-born NASA engineer Farah Alibay will be one of the people driving the Perseverance rover, expected to land in February, on a mission to search for signs of past microbial life on...

A Quebec shipyard in line to be the federal government's icebreaker-builder says it intends to establish a centre of excellence that will envision the innovation needed to restore Canada as a world-leader in Arctic...

At least four people were killed as tropical storm Isaias spawned tornadoes and dumped rain Tuesday along the U.S. East Coast after making landfall as a hurricane in North Carolina, where it caused floods and fires that displaced dozens of...

Canadian researchers who included specialists from surgeons to paleontologists have identified what they say is the first known cancer in a...

A 71-year-old Kodiak, Alaska, man said he was mauled by a bear while running on a mountain trail over the weekend, Alaska State Troopers said.

Jorden Doody says I Must Be Streaming at the Kelowna Art Gallery was born out of our increasing exposure to the online world during the COVID-19...

A spear tip discovered near Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., may be thousands of years old, but the man who found it says it "looks like it was made...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he does not mind if Microsoft Corp. buys the Chinese-owned short-video app TikTok, but any purchase by an American company would have to be done by a Sept. 15...

The federal government's COVID-19 exposure notification app is facing criticism for its download requirements, which restrict some Canadians from accessing and using...

B.C.’s Peace region is experiencing roughly 1,500 small earthquakes a year and most of them are connected to fracking operations, says a new...

The surface of the Arctic Ocean is not as salty as it used to be — and researchers say climate change is to...

They’re neither dinosaur eggs nor giant’s playthings. They’re the result of millions of years of natural...

Conservation groups say they are concerned about an Ontario government decision to allow a hunt of double-crested cormorants across the province this fall.

Microsoft said on Sunday that it would continue discussions to acquire popular short-video app TikTok from Chinese internet giant ByteDance, and that it was aiming to conclude the negotiations by Sept....

Coronavirus outbreaks at mink breeding farms in Spain and the Netherlands have scientists digging into how the animals got infected and if they can spread it to...

A longtime resident of Watson Lake, Yukon, has contributed to the world of science — simply by taking a...

A new Atlantic Canadian project is looking to develop new ways of fish tracking that could have "game changing" impacts for both researchers and companies around the world. This week, Canada's Ocean Supercluster announced the $29-million Ocean Aware...

The first astronauts launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX company departed the International Space Station on Saturday night for the final and most important part of their test flight: returning to Earth with a rare...

U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to take action to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship...

Caring staff at the Calgary Zoo did what all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn’t in the classic Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme: Put an egg back together again. And it’s not their first...

Two U.S. astronauts about to make the first splashdown return in 45 years said they'll have seasick bags ready to use if...

Even as Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok, U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was looking at lot of alternatives regarding the video app owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, including the possibility of a...