Keep your fingers crossed for clear skies: the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center is calling for a strong geomagnetic storm, which could produce the northern lights across much of Canada and into the U.S.

Dalhousie University researchers found an average of six to seven microplastic particles per gram of meat.

The odds of healthy quadruplet calves are estimated at one in 11 million. Maybe that's why Abram Knelsen, a Ruthven, Ont., farmer, is still marveling that his female Black Angus cow birthed four sprightly offspring in one pregnancy.

In October and November, Atlantic salmon return from their ocean feeding grounds to the rivers where they were born, looking for an ideal place to spawn. But in Nova Scotia, the ongoing drought is threatening some fish as they attempt to complete an important step in their life cycle.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget proposes providing more than $1 billion over the next five years to build up Canada’s artificial intelligence and quantum computing ecosystems while embedding AI technology more deeply in federal government operations.

The lack of data means it can be difficult to assess how a mine is impacting the surrounding community, researchers say.

McMaster University professor Zeinab Hosseinidoust worked alongside associate professor Tohid Didar to create smart tablets that work with menstrual cups to make them more accessible and reduce the “mess” that can come along with them.

Hunters in northern Alberta are helping scientists test how industrial noise from the oilsands affects moose hunting — a food source and a connection to cultural traditions for many rural and Indigenous communities.

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least 20 people, injuring hundreds and damaging the city's historic Blue Mosque, authorities said, with the death toll likely to rise.

One of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi roadway was shot and killed early Sunday by a homeowner who says she feared for the safety of her children.

As Italy’s vineyards grapple with summers that are longer and hotter, erratic weather and dwindling water, winemakers are being forced to rethink one of the oldest assumptions in their craft: terroir, the delicate interplay of soil, sun, wind, rain and human touch that gives each wine its specific taste.

A master beekeeper in Alberta is putting an insulated hive to the test he says could help a struggling Canadian industry.

For more than 30 years, major nuclear powers have refrained from testing nuclear bombs. But that streak may soon be over as Russia and the U.S. conduct missile tests and threaten to resume explosions of the most powerful weapons ever devised.

Millions of people across the Caribbean are trying to deal with the devastating effects of Hurricane Melissa, which tore through the region this week, slamming into Jamaica as a Category 5 storm. Now, several groups have done a rapid analysis to determine what role climate change could have played.

Researchers at UPEI are experimenting with using sawdust to clean wastewater, and they hope in the future they can use it to remove 'forever chemicals' — like PFAS.

Alberta Fish and Wildlife says a man was mauled by a grizzly bear south of Cochrane, Alta. The bear was subsequently shot by the man's hunting partner.

Avid wildlife photographer Rod Young reported a bull elk in distress to Prince Albert National Park staff, who then tranquilized the animal and freed it from the man-made netting.

Bats don’t exactly have a glowing public image. After all, they’re often associated with blood-sucking vampires, gloomy caves and all things spooky. But migratory bats in Canada are in desperate need of protection, according to researchers.

Jamaica’s decade-long effort to build layers of financial protection in case of natural disasters might help the country access millions of dollars in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Melissa — and provide a model to follow for climate-vulnerable nations elsewhere.

Many of nature’s apex predators guard their dinner from scavengers until they’ve gobbled up every last morsel and licked the bones clean. But polar bars eat what they need, and leave the rest behind for other Arctic critters to munch.