There are two competing almanacs: the Farmers’ Almanac and the Old Farmer’s Almanac. Both have been published for more than 200 years, and both highly protect their secret forecasting formulas, which they say have stood the test of time. CBC's Johanna Wagstaffe explores the history, the science and why millions of people still turn to these books each year.

Nova Scotia snorkeler Elli Ofthenorth recounts the moment she swam with 11 seahorses near Peggy’s Cove.

Whether they’re near garbage cans, in parks, on terrasses, or even near your lunch, wasps aren’t afraid to get up close and personal. They tend to be more active this time of year for a few reasons.

Mayor Suzanne Kukko says residents of Nipigon in northern Ontario are on edge after a bear entered a couple's home on Tuesday and attacked them. The couple managed to escape to a bedroom, with their dog barricading the bear until police arrived.

Kathryn McRuer-Nicol was studying how Quebec salt marshes might hold answers to understanding and coping with the impacts of climate change. When she and her team started experiencing extreme heat and had to halt their work, it made her rethink her approach to science.

Ghost the giant Pacific octopus has been a viral sensation since her arrival at the Aquarium of the Pacific in California last summer. But these days she leads a quieter life — albeit, showered by farewell wishes and love from adoring fans.

One Memorial University graduate student came across seven wampum while digging at the Colony of Avalon earlier this summer — and one archaeologist says the discovery changes what we know about life at the 17th-century settlement.

A Halifax woman has become a TikTok sensation by matching bird noises with funny real-world sounds. She's known as The Girl in White Glasses online and recently turned her videos into a book. The CBC's Molly MacNaughton reports.

Researchers from Trent University are in northwestern Ontario working in the Walkinshaw and Wolf watersheds to look at the impact of forestry and climate change on brook trout populations in small rivers.

Fire retardants dropped from aircraft are a crucial weapon in combating wildfires, but concerns are being raised about their environmental impact. 

There’s no method for accounting for natural mortality that’s associated with disease, especially ichthyophonus, which, under the right conditions, can prove fatal, provided the lengths at which the imperilled chinook must travel to reach their spawning territory.

A University of Saskatchewan lab is hoping to stop the next pandemic before it begins with the help of some very large and powerful computers.

An Edmonton-based startup is getting its first chance to test battery technology the City of Medicine Hat hopes will provide an alternative to expensive electrical grid upgrades.

Research in Regina and Saskatoon shows both cities are home to many species of wildlife, from mink to moose.

Farmers across New Brunswick are reeling after a hot, dry summer all but roasted their crops, and have been left wondering what future summers will bring.

They worry further research will detract from emissions reductions and have made the case as to why the five most considered methods are not feasible.

Whale researchers say that an endangered southern resident killer whale was found pushing a deceased calf in the Rosario Strait, Wash., on Friday.

Since its discovery, astronomers have been frantically trying to gather as much information as they can about the newest interstellar interloper dubbed 3I/ATLAS. It's been challenging, but they've gotten some interesting data so far.

For the past decade, gravitational wave astronomy has opened our eyes to amazing cosmic phenomena thanks to LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory. Bob McDonald celebrates LIGO and how far astronomy has come as he looks to the future of mysteries that remain in the universe.

No one knows why an orca has been visiting the Bay of Fundy for the past 20 years with a pod of dolphins, but one thing is certain: he's beloved by many.