A SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers slammed into the moon as predicted on Wednesday, scientists reported, after drifting off course for the past year.

When Gelato the kitten arrived at a Cincinnati animal shelter last month, injured and unable to use his back legs, he was too tiny for an animal wheelchair. So the shelter worker who is fostering him decided to get creative.

Raccoons are seldom seen in most of Alberta, where harsh winters and abundant predators are among the challenges they face. But according to pest control professionals and wildlife biologists, sightings of the stripe-tailed critters appear to be on the rise in Calgary.

Australia warned on Monday against the risk of a wider spread of H5N1 bird flu after its first mass mortality episode among seabirds killed ‌about 50 greater crested terns off the coast south of Adelaide.

A researcher on P.E.I. hopes a project with winsome flies will help crush the pesky Japanese beetles that have been attacking Island gardens for years. The flies have worked in other areas, and now they're being set free here. CBC’s Nancy Russell reports.

Scientists at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans are reviewing potential scenarios if lobster stocks change in the waters off Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick, including the effects of reducing season lengths and trap limits, altering size limits, and other measures.

Seven more whales are on the move from Marineland, headed to a new home at an aquarium in the United States.

Growing up on a cattle farm in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., Joshua Kutryk says he dreamt of going to space though he never thought it would happen.

In his 40 years as a lobster fisherman, Robert Wagner had never seen a critter like it: a half-blue, half-orange lobster, split down the middle from head to tail. "I said, 'Wow! I've never seen that like that in my life,'" said Wagner. Oscar is now calling the Beaty Centre for Marine Biodiversity in Halifax home.

The songbirds appear to be soft-feathered and pudgy. But when it’s time to eat, they turn into ruthless killers.

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, telescopes around the world will try to capture something never seen from Earth: an old rocket slamming into the moon's daylight side.

Getting lost is actually great exercise for your brain. As is putting limits on how much guidance you get from your mapping and GPS tools this summer, be it on a drive to the cottage or exploring a new city.

Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines of Russia's war are testing new body armour designed by a Canadian company to fit women so that they no longer have to wear ill-fitting ballistic plates made for men.

The Trump administration is being sued by conservation groups over a change they say will weaken habitat protection for endangered species. In Canada, experts say the move could also harm animals that move between the two countries, including migratory birds and southern resident killer whales.

Ships stalled in the Gulf region due to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz could pose an 'immense' threat, according to a paper published last week. Experts say biofouling on hundreds of ships over several months could lead to the spread of invasive species.

An estimated 20,000 whales are killed worldwide by vessel strikes each year, according to the International Marine Mammal Project.

Many people remember road trips back in the day that left windshields splattered with insects – and may get the uncomfortable feeling that things have changed. Here's what researchers are finding.

More than 7,000 collisions involving large animals were reported in Quebec in 2025. In most cases, experts say large mammals, like bears and moose, are simply looking for food.

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at technology to cool steamy subway stations and 'mine' their heat for use elsewhere, learn how wildfires generate their own weather and dive into the problem of 'wishcycling.'

In 1988, earth scientist Guy Plint was conducting sedimentary studies around Tumbler Ridge, examining 86-million-year-old formations, when, unbeknownst to him, he unearthed duck-billed dinosaur tracks.