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- Wind turbine expected to reduce Inuvik electricity bills, emissions by early 2023
- Green power 'biggest challenge' facing Nova Scotia regulator, outgoing chairman says
- Quebec plan to ease limits on nickel emissions irks regional health boards
- How technology is helping shrink grocery bills by cutting food waste
- Is the night sky part of our natural environment? Some astronomers say yes, and are trying to preserve it
- Methane emissions are far higher than countries claim, report suggests
- This CEO wants to reduce emissions by turning buildings 'into Teslas'
- War in Ukraine has implications for Arctic co-operation, climate change research
- Some backcountry users in B.C. are setting trees on fire for fun
- Space centre planned for Cochrane, Ont., aims to train future astronauts
- New climate change report highlights rising danger, costs for Canadians
- Sugarbush tree tappers get to work a month earlier than in the past
- Grassy Narrows First Nation looking at next options to protect land from mining activity in Ontario
- Through the murk: An underwater cinematographer sheds light on B.C.'s sea life
- Emerald ash borer able to withstand cold up to –40 C, new research indicates
- Alberta crews preparing as wildfire season officially begins
- Big fish join Nova Scotia startup's quest for no-contact trawling
- Reptile research group turns to local community to help fund research to preserve species at risk
- A chunk of space junk is about to smash into the moon
- UN agrees to create global plastic pollution treaty
- Grand Forks hunter saves deer from frozen river
- New baby spotted with endangered southern resident killer whale pod
- What the new IPCC report says climate change could — and is — costing Canadians
- Flexibility of virtual learning prompts some post-secondary students to pursue more online studies
- International Space Station has survived disputes with Russia before. Will it this time?
- UN report delves into how climate change is affecting mental health
- Attack on nuclear site a 'dangerous new escalation' in Russian invasion, U.S. says
- Ontario's new plastics recycling plan is 'dangerous' and 'magical thinking,' critic warns
- Carbon is not our enemy. We need to understand it to protect our future
- Vancouver Park Board warns against feeding coyotes during denning season
- These scientists are helping B.C. companies cut plastic pollution
- Trash pandas in Calgary? Sighting raises questions about raccoon population
- Kids who grow up around more green space have lower risk of ADHD, study suggests
- As fuel prices soar, EV advocates say now's the time to consider electric
- Meet the juvenile long-eared owls roosting in an east London backyard
- Debris from cargo ship spill last fall spreading along B.C. coast, say beach cleaners
- Does life flash before our eyes as we die? A Vancouver man's brain scan suggests it's possible
- Octopus houses and clam gardens: What ancient sea harvesting practices can teach us about sustainability
- Ukraine crisis must not delay action on global warming, UN climate chief says
- How much are taxpayers really subsidizing Canada's fossil fuel industry?
- Shackleton's ship Endurance found beneath Antarctic ice
- Sheep-er by the dozen: In the span of 3 days, 2 sets of sextuplets were born in this B.C. farm
- U.S. man who received 1st pig heart transplant dies 2 months later
- Study highlights value of Indigenous knowledge in tracking decline of B.C.'s mountain goat population
- Ottawa rejects Higgs's carbon tax 'deferral' idea for bringing down gas costs
- $2.86M in grants approved for 14 Manitoba-based conservation groups to fight climate change
- Family pets, zoo animals taken to safety from Ukraine
- B.C.'s plan to protect old-growth trees is rolling out too slowly, say conservationists, First Nations
- Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens the long-standing global co-operation in space, experts say
- Federal department gave money to magazine publishing pandemic misinformation
- Why the oil market's 'gone berserk' and where our bumpy energy transition goes from here
- Right whale protection measures to return ahead of migration into Canadian seas
- A not-at-all exhaustive list of how (and how much) animals sleep
- UN gathering on saving planet's biodiversity kicks off in shadow of Russia-Ukraine war
- Scientists giddy as NASA releases image of distant star, galaxies from James Webb Space Telescope
- NASA's 'mega moon rocket' is heading to the launch pad. Here's what you need to know
- European mission to Mars suspended due to war in Ukraine
- Activist optimistic about Regina's 'ambitious' framework for net-zero emissions by 2050
- Herd of elk spotted in Pitt River region, raising hope for species' survival on South Coast
- Great Barrier Reef suffers widespread coral bleaching due to high ocean temperatures
- Walking like a dinosaur (or bird): This robot's legs are designed for maximum efficiency
- First Nation suing Alberta and Ottawa could qualify to have legal fees paid in advance, top court rules
- Steady jobs, independent oversight needed with Faro mine remediation project, say First Nations
- Farmer, researcher disagree about new provincial wild boar policies
- Mining Ontario's Ring of Fire could help build green energy — but also damage vital peatlands
- Lured by love of ice fishing, Inuk man learns Mi'kmaq techniques in N.B.
- Tofino, B.C. cuts out plastic forks, knives in growing pollution prevention effort
- How some First Nations in Ontario's northwest are overcoming the effects of climate change
- Loggers want to move into home of critically endangered Atlantic Whitefish
- How some small towns in northwestern Ontario are tackling climate change with limited resources
- OneWeb reaches agreement to launch satellites with SpaceX after cutting ties with Russian space agency
- How Alberta cattle are helping research on antimicrobial resistance
- 5,000 exoplanets now confirmed to exist beyond our own solar system
- U.S. companies would have to disclose climate risks under proposed SEC rules
- Ottawa can pay half the cost of saving N.S.-N.B. land link from rising seas
- Auditor general says Alberta's enforcement of pesticide rules needs 'significant improvement'
- Researchers try packing down snow to preserve permafrost in N.W.T.
- Horseback-riding goat a hit on B.C. farm
- Lifestyle of largest meat-eating dinosaur revealed by its bone density
- Tech entrepreneur donates $14.5M to protect threatened B.C. ecosystems
- Caribou harvest renews ancient ties between Innu and Cree
- Some western Manitobans had lucky chance to spot 'once in a lifetime' meteor, astronomer says
- U of A research aims to help Edmonton prepare for more climate disasters
- Why Canada's oilpatch can't solve the energy crisis
- Ceremony held for rare fin whale found dead on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast
- Why the train may not be the greenest way to travel across Canada
- Free wood stoves a 'blessing' to people in N.W.T. communities
- P.E.I. government tables carbon pricing plan as deadline looms
- Ice shelf the size of New York City collapses in previously stable East Antarctica
- Genetically modified space salad could help prevent astronauts' bone loss, researchers say
- This 23-year-old McMaster student wants to see more Indigenous perspectives included in science
- Playing in tune: we might share more musical stylings with animals than we think
- 2nd bright meteor in a row spotted in Manitoba Wednesday night
- Severity and sweep of Prairie droughts could spiral as climate changes
- After years of missed targets, Liberals table their climate plan this week
- Thicken sea ice by trickling water on it? Company plans to test machine for that in Nunavut
- Wildlife groups say Calgary's off leash dogs causing problems
- Canada releases plan for a 40 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2030
- With Nova Scotia's reliance on coal, are electric vehicles the greenest option?
- Ice volcanoes on Pluto suggest dwarf planet may not be so cold after all
- A 'cannibal' is on its way from the sun, but don't panic: You might see the northern lights
- Hubble Space Telescope spots the most distant star ever seen
- B.C. landslide triggered 100-metre tall lake tsunami, study shows
- Worldwide helium shortage hits UWindsor lab, area businesses
- Research breathes new life into possible return of Cape Breton oyster industry
- Police service in Windsor, Ont., buying EVs to replace older unmarked vehicles for 2023
- Invasive earthworms are spreading through Canadian forests, and that's bad for bugs
- Catherine McKenna to chair UN panel on climate change progress at corporate, local levels
- $115M spent in Canada annually on low-income energy help. Just not in Alberta
- The carbon price rises today — here's what you can expect
- How realistic is it to take a road trip with an electric vehicle?
- How a Scarborough facility is converting food waste into biodegradable plastics
- Sask. leads Canada in greenhouse gas emissions per capita. What's being done about it?
- DFO redistributes quota in baby eel fishery to increase access for Mi'kmaw bands
- 2021 was the warmest year on record in the Gulf of Maine
- Northern lights a reminder of the sun's influence on Earth
- Happy eco after: Planning a green wedding
- Dismal B.C. herring season sparks renewed calls for moratorium
- Canada may have hit its long-awaited electric vehicle turning point
- This is what politicians mean when they talk about 'clean oil' from Newfoundland's offshore
- Atlantic lobster fishers turning to new bait sausage amid forage fish decline
- Probiotics, prebiotics — now postbiotics? What's known and not about latest gut research
- Latest climate report is a 'file of shame,' UN chief says
- Gigantic Jupiter-like alien planet observed still 'in the womb'
- Darwin notebooks returned to library 20 years after going missing
- Quebec wildlife authorities say first cases of avian flu identified among wild birds
- Rural Cape Breton general store offers refills with zero waste
- Beaver castors being bought for $65 'long overdue' addition to N.W.T. fur program
- River otter rescued by resourceful B.C. family
- City to use dragonflies, education — and no pesticides — in summer skeeter fight
- After seeing how gas stoves pollute homes, these researchers are ditching theirs
- Former Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason dead at 76
- Federal government approves controversial Bay du Nord oil project
- The smartphone war: Soldiers, civilians and satellites give the world a window onto Russian invasion
- N.L. government lifts 15-year ban on onshore wind farms
- What's softer than cashmere and warmer than down? Kuujjuaq students spin muskox qiviut into yarn
- Edmonton study finds link between air pollution and substance use disorder
- Genetic sampling finds 'species richness' hiding in coastal eelgrass beds
- Salmon fry return to Victoria's Bowker Creek for first time in nearly a century
- Avian flu poses 'significant risk' to Canadian poultry farms as cases reported in multiple provinces
- Montrealers to plant microforest beside busy Quebec highway
- Invading sea lions take over B.C. fish farm
- With a windfall from Ottawa comes great climate expectations for the oilpatch
- Meet the Canadian who blasted off in the first civilian mission to the International Space Station
- Professional chefs tout the culinary — and environmental — advantages of induction stoves
- Record amount of methane added to atmosphere last year
- Bracing for wildfire season, residents of this West Kelowna neighbourhood are asking for more exit routes
- Royal Bank defends funding B.C.'s Coastal GasLink pipeline despite environmental concerns
- Bird feeders are OK but keep wild birds from backyard chickens as avian flu spreads in Ontario: experts
- She had an unexpected visitor — on her roof. And it was … a polar bear?! Yep, a polar bear
- California utility to pay $55M but admits to no wrongdoing in 2 devastating wildfires
- Okanagan winery won't sell wine from 2021 harvest due to wildfire smoke damage
- City of Charlottetown ordered to pay woman for damages caused by 2013 fuel spill
- 'A perfect opportunity': Canadian scientists back at sea on U.S. research vessel
- Carbon charges on large N.B. greenhouse gas emitters called 'surprisingly low'
- Why it may take more than an apple a day to keep the doctor away
- Ice-breaking project in Shippagan could lead to earlier start for snow crab fishery
- B.C. judge denies request by mink farmers to allow animal breeding while they await court ruling
- World can still keep warming below 2 C — if countries keep their climate promises, study says
- New study shows Northern Pulp mill emissions exceeded federal threshold by 100,000%
- Public problem, private solution: Warehouse biomass project reduces N.W.T. carbon footprint
- Saskatoon Zoo takes precautions amid avian flu detection in Sask.
- Ottawa threatens to use Species at Risk Act to protect Quebec caribou
- Starvation led to die-off of murres in N.L., say scientists
- B.C. communities struck by wildfires and floods brace for spring thaw
- Log supply in B.C. forests slowly dwindling, think tank warns
- More snow to fall as storm persists in southern Manitoba, northern Ontario
- After the flood: First Nations along B.C.'s Highway 8 work on recovery from disaster and trauma
- The next wave of electric vehicles is coming — and it could be buses, semis and other large trucks
- B.C. flood survivor warns others to check insurance amid increase in climate disasters
- Chinese astronauts return to Earth after China's*longest crewed space mission
- What counts as a chemical weapon and how to tell who's using one
- Habitats: Hiking through the boreal forest
- Spyware used on separatists in Spain 'extensive,' Canadian cybersecurity group's investigation reveals
- Creatures of habit: Albatrosses returned to Vancouver Island annually for thousands of years
- Even as war in Ukraine rages, we must continue to cover climate and our changing planet
- $1,000 to build a rain garden available to London, Ont., residents
- Canada saw a drop in greenhouse gas emissions during the first year of the pandemic: report
- Hardheaded woodpecker in B.C. bores holes in world's largest hockey stick
- Native plants finding their way to more Nova Scotia gardens this spring
- Professors call on Western University to commit to divesting from fossil fuel industry
- Remove bird feeders, bird baths to prevent avian flu spread, Manitoba wildlife centre asks
- Sixty years of data shows more hot days, fewer frosty days in Nova Scotia
- Controlled burn turns into uncontrolled fire southwest of Saskatoon
- 100s of homes evacuated as fast-moving wildfire tears through northern Arizona
- Bear with me: Sask. bears are waking up to a chilly spring
- Heat pumps 101: Common questions about a greener option for heating and cooling your home
- Naturalist, whale-watching guides astounded by humpback whale chasing after orcas in Salish Sea
- Ukrainian environmentalists tracking possible Russian eco crimes
- Surprised astronomers find new type of star explosion — a micronova
- Bay du Nord could be N.L.'s last oil project, hints federal environment minister
- Conservation group ordered to pay $33K for Epcor's legal costs in solar farm dispute
- Want to try out an EV? Here are some electric car rental options
- Plans underway for Boreal Wildlands Project, called the largest private conservation agreement in Canada
- Skookum Jim, whose discovery led to the Klondike gold rush, gets a namesake asteroid
- Empire State is one of the most energy-efficient buildings in the world. Can others follow suit?
- Want to do something to help the environment? Start by protecting land, charities say
- Tracking wildfire smoke will be crucial for everyone as the planet warms. Here's why
- Pandemic chaos proves the world isn't prepared for biological warfare, experts say
- First all-private crew to International Space Station splashes down safely
- 3 critically endangered Sumatran tigers found dead in snares
- A UNB researcher hopes to unlock the secrets of 500-year-old hemlocks
- They're back: Family of foxes returns to London, Ont., backyard to rear their kits
- Hand-feeding of chickadees banned near Saskatoon as avian flu spreads
- How a software company is microwaving Alberta's oilsands
- Russia tells NASA it will remain with International Space Station until at least 2028
- How will Russia's withdrawal affect the International Space Station?
- Russia to quit International Space Station after 2024
- Cats classified as 'invasive alien species' by Polish institute
- Woman's garden with endangered monarch butterflies chopped down by London, Ont., staff after complaint
- China adds new science laboratory to its space station
- White-nose syndrome has killed millions of bats in North America. Now it's been found in Sask.
- Volcano eruption in southern Japan prompts highest alert level, evacuation advisory
- Expect more wildfires — in Europe and beyond — as society grapples with warming climate
- Canada's bee colonies see worst loss in 20 years, explosion of mites blamed
- Be on the lookout for northern lights tonight
- Which endangered species should we save? Humans face tough choices about what lives — and what dies
- Massive balloon examining black hole passes over Nunavut before landing in N.W.T.
- Monarch butterflies added to international list of threatened species
- NASA targeting launch of giant moon rocket for late August
- Here's how caribou matchmaking — and a stud book — could help save Alberta's dwindling herds
- Our garbage is threatening polar bears — but there are solutions, new report says
- While Canadians look at European heat wave in awe, we face our own climate challenges
- Too hot to handle: How to survive amid extreme heat and humidity
- Surveying the damage: How tornadoes are ranked after the sky clears
- U.S. tax credit could rev up electric vehicle production in Canada
- Invasive reptiles and amphibians have cost the global economy billions, study suggests
- Robotic arm helps with spinal surgery for the 1st time in Canada
- Volcano near Iceland's capital, main airport erupts again after 8-month pause
- Banding baby burrowing owls 'the best day of the year' — though fate of endangered species uncertain
- It's once again time for the Perseids, one of the best meteor showers of the year
- Water levels run low, farmland parched amid European drought
- Unpredictable winds make wildfires an erratic adversary: experts
- Halifax space program gets $485K to urge diverse young people to study the stars
- These Canadian startups are taking quantum computing mainstream
- International project to name heat waves met with skepticism, intrigue
- Conservationists worry about destruction of B.C.'s rare glass sponge reefs
- Free the fern: Vancouver group bands together to save native forests from invasive species
- B.C. poet illuminates pages of popular scientific magazine with verses about the nature of light
- Whales aren't staying as long in Quebec's St. Lawrence River, researchers find
- Humans are heading back to the moon — and Canada is playing a bigger role than you may realize
- Pod of dolphins rescued from shallow cove off Nova Scotia's South Shore
- How did Shimmy the 2-footed turtle get from Lake Erie to Burlington, Ont.?
- Draining tailings into Athabasca River one solution under review in oilpatch, says Guilbeault
- Balsam fir needles can kill ticks that cause Lyme disease, Dalhousie researcher finds
- Sudbury's SNOLAB gets $100M from Ottawa to uncover mysteries of the universe
- Researchers hope study of brain worms in deer could help endangered moose
- Quebec, federal government 'confident' about protecting province's endangered caribou
- Tropical Atlas moth spotted loose in U.S. for what's believed to be 1st time
- B.C. scientists may have found a new way to protect bee colonies from deadly mites
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