Climate change feels like a contemporary issue, but the Bay of Fundy tides have roots in changes that happened at the end of the last Ice Age nearly 12,000 years ago, says a New Brunswick geoscientist.

A group of Manitoba researchers were involved behind the scenes of an international effort that this week revealed the first documented case of two massive black holes merging — happily, billions of light years from Earth.

A research team from the University of Manitoba has discovered a new genus of placoderm fish, named Elmosteus lundarensis, one of the earliest fish to develop bones, a jaw and teeth.

As air quality worsens in Canada due to wildfire smoke, UBC's Air Pollution Exposure Lab is one of the only facilities of its kind in Canada gathering pinpoint data to provide insight into the ways poor air quality is harmful to human health and wellness. 

Researchers at Vitalité are studying the genes of New Brunswickers to find common variants they may have inherited from their parents. The hope is that with a full map of the province, medical teams can screen people sooner and treat them better.

Dolphins off the coast of Australia are swimming around with sponges on their noses. But unlike the orcas who wear salmon on their heads, “sponging” isn’t a fashion statement or a cultural trend; it’s a sophisticated foraging technique passed down through generations.

The 10-year project began in 2019, although the zoo was releasing turtles before that and has freed around 3,000 of them over the past decade.

Whether you're a believer, skeptic or fall somewhere in between, a new federally commissioned report recommends a government agency be tasked with responding to UFO reports from the public and pilots.

A researcher from the University of Saskatchewan is looking into how wildfires are impacting bird physiology during migration.

Using the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Gemini North telescope in Hawaii, astronomers have captured the first detailed image of our third known cosmic interloper.

As people continue to mourn the loss of a wayward grizzly on an island off the B.C. coast, many are left wondering why the bear wasn’t relocated to avoid what some say was its certain fate. 

For sale: a 25-kilogram rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million US. Why so expensive? It's the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

As Alberta's measles outbreaks grow, researchers are watching the province's wastewater for the highly contagious virus and hoping to determine if the technology could eventually serve as an early detection tool.

A spearhead believed to be from the last ice-age period has been uncovered on a family farm in Paris, Ont., an artifact that may have been buried there for thousands of years. "It was just a freak chance that we found this here," says Laura Vellenga.

Taylor Borth tells The National about the moment she snapped a photo of an unusually 'fat' marmot while walking through a park in Kamloops, B.C.

With various air quality indexes available, and as wildfire smoke becomes an increasing health risk, here’s what often goes into the decision to play sports or not — and how to make sense of air quality indexes when making your own decision.

A new study shows that how Squamellaria plants in Fiji house warring species of ants by building them their own little walled-off compartments with separate entrances. When researchers removed those walls, all hell broke loose.

British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service (COS) says a grizzly bear on an island off the Sunshine Coast has been shot and killed. 

You know when Environment Canada tells you a storm is coming and to stay away from it? There's a group of people based in Alberta who find their happy place in the eye of a storm, not a safe distance from it.

The Federal Court of Appeal heard arguments from a B.C. ostrich farm Tuesday as it sought to protect its herd from a cull ordered due to the avian flu, in a case that has sparked accusations of government overreach from critics in Canada and the U.S.