The Esterhazy, Sask., area was hit was an earthquake Friday night. Earthquakes Canada confirmed a 3.3-magnitude quake hit the town at about 7:35 p.m. CST and was centred about half a kilometre below the surface.

The Titan submersible imploded while diving to the Titanic wreck site, killing all 5 people on board.

Andy Campbell's 1985 Toyota Tercel has travelled the equivalent of 1.5 round trips to the moon.

People under the age of 35 are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories than other age groups, according to recent research out of the University of Ottawa.

Researchers have used high-resolution, near-infrared photography to bring a 2,000-year-old ice mummy's elaborate tattoos back to life and worked with modern tattoo artists to shed light on the tools and techniques that made them possible.

Melissa Pineo and her family noticed a pod of 12 white-sided dolphins in the water on a beach near Canning, N.S. They were enjoying the scenic moment on Sunday morning but after the tide started to go down, the dolphins became stuck in the mud. 

A team featuring Canadian scientists has, after years of testing, determined the cause of the devastating sea star wasting disease. The culprit is a bacterial pathogen called vibrio pectenicida, and has brought sunflower sea star populations on North America’s west coast to critically endangered status.

A six-week archaeological field school through the Esk'etemc First Nation is giving nine Indigenous students the chance to learn about the profession, but also about the long history of their families and culture.

Paleontologist Jordan Mallon helped identify a new animal species 109 years after a man discovered a fossil fishing near Fernie, B.C. The fossil had been sitting in the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa for decades before Mallon started to study it.

Eighty years after the first atomic bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, experts and survivors warn that the risk of a new nuclear strike is rising.

A volcano on Russia's eastern Kamchatka Peninsula erupted overnight into Sunday for what scientists said is the first time in hundreds of years, days after a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake.

A Dalhousie University student studying marine biology is sharing a breathtaking photo of a great white shark she took while on a recent research expedition off the coast of Halifax.

A Texas teen returned from a summer vacation to the Canadian Prairies with a story he says his pals back home probably wouldn't believe — were it not for the fact that the 80-million year old aquatic reptile fossil he unearthed has been named "Walt" after him.

Conservation scientists in South Africa are injecting rhino horns with radioactive isotopes. The doses are too weak to harm the animals, but strong enough to set off nuclear security system alarms at international border crossings.

Last November, the Montreal Botanical Garden received 57 exotic plants that were seized at the border as they were being smuggled into Canada. Six were identified as protected species.

On Tuesday, a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the area around Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula, resulting in tsunami warnings being issued around the world. But how often do they occur and is Canada at risk?

Some big tech companies say that they’re just a few years away from artificial general intelligence, a type of AI that can think, take action and even learn. But skeptics say you shouldn’t believe the hype.

A new study found that grizzly bears have had to change their movements across the Canadian Rockies as they avoid human development like coal mines, highways, large reservoirs and towns.

The chimney swift is a bird threatened with extinction that nests in urban chimneys. Thanks to laws that protect it, some affordable housing providers have to come up with creative bird housing solutions before going ahead with human housing projects.

As consumers have grown less worried about whether their diamonds are mined or made, many have turned to cost-friendly lab grown diamonds. And that’s having a big impact on the diamond mining industry — including for Canada.