Growing up in Medicine Hat, Alberta, about 125 kilometres southeast of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Andre Mueller was fascinated by the ancient creatures. More recently, the McGill student helped find a new species of dragonfly in a fossil there and published a research paper on it, which helps provide insights into life 75 million years ago.

Just when you thought there was enough going on in the world to frazzle your nerves, along comes a flesh-eating parasite that has been spreading among livestock in Central America and has now infected a recent traveller from the U.S. and another from Canada.

If you're asked to picture a creature having the time of its life, a fish probably isn't the first animal that comes to mind. But new research is challenging that perception.

This summer's drought and record-breaking heat could affect the fall migration of the endangered monarch butterfly, according to researchers from the University of Ottawa.

One of Alberta's most at-risk amphibians is making a comeback. Conservation efforts to help northern leopard frog numbers bounce back have been successful in establishing new self-sustaining populations throughout the province.

One thing that has never been done in Canada is launching rockets into orbit from home soil. That could soon change. And those involved believe that it could both be an economic boon for Canada while also keeping talented engineers at home.

A B.C. ostrich farm has lost its case to save its birds from a cull order issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The Universal Ostrich Farm has been fighting the order since January.

After more than a century without salmon in Okanagan waters, a new fish passageway means that salmon and numerous other fish species will be able to migrate upstream to spawn.

The white tussock moth caterpillar is fuzzy, white and orange, and it's been spotted in large numbers in parts of western and central Newfoundland this summer. Scientist Joe Bowden says the spike in its population is possibly linked to climate change.

A rare butterfly species — the zebra swallowtail — has been spotted in Toronto's High Park for the first time in over a century.

One lobster has now been documented to have travelled about 220 nautical miles from near Grand Manan to Provincetown, Mass., and one researcher says it's the farthest she's ever seen a New Brunswick lobster travel.

With a metre wingspan, a wicked bite and a face straight out of a creature feature, you'd be hard pressed to describe spectral bats as cute. But new research shows the apex predator is much more social — and cuddly — than we thought.

Walmart has recalled frozen, raw shrimp sold in 13 U.S. states because federal health officials say it could have potential radioactive contamination.

Quebec has reported a case of the potentially deadly tick-borne disease Rocky mountain spotted fever. The disease was also reported this spring in dogs in Ontario. Here's what you need to know about preventing, identifying and treating the disease.

Bighorn sheep in the South Okanagan are undergoing a mange medication trial due to declining populations and an increase in mange. The Okanagan Nation Alliance is leading the research out of the Penticton Indian Band.

Blanding's turtles are usually dark grey in colour with a brown to black shell and a distinctive bright yellow neck. But these pigmentless hatchlings, born at an incubation lab in Kanata, have blood red eyes, pink skin and almost white shells.

Stuart Cox is waging war against the hundreds of stone stacks that people keep leaving all over his favourite hiking trails. His weapon of choice? “Brute force and a size 11 boot."

Niobium rock tailings are not classified as a hazardous substance, and its movement is considered a low-risk operation, according to the province.

Researchers are increasingly turning to AI to help address loneliness and social isolation. But exploring this technology also raises questions about the social impact it may have on people.

Girls and boys who were exclusively breastfed showed a reduced risk of early puberty in a large new study from South Korea that Canadian doctors say could apply here.