Science & Tech
How can we accelerate the development of vaccines? How do we feed three billion people when 12 million died of hunger in 2019? Does synthetic biology hold the answer?
Wildlife
This year Patrick Moldowan has been selected to be Wildlife Preservation Canada’s “New Noah”.
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Wildlife
Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
Wildlife
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
Wildlife
Live underwater webcam captures the antics of the lovable whales, but also provides important insight into beluga biology
Wildlife
Following a deadly summer for the endangered whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is tightening regulations for crab fishers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
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People & Culture
The story of a biologist’s lifelong study of an endangered species — and its future
People & Culture
The winner of the 2013 Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research — the culmination of a career in biology that speaks for itself
People & Culture
#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
People & Culture
Canadian Paralympians and Para athletes join the mission to increase trail accessibility across Canada
People & Culture
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
Wildlife
Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario
Wildlife
As polar bears spend more time on land as a result of melting ice, they will have to shift their diets in order to survive
Wildlife
Honey bee experts say the hornets could quickly decimate a hive if they got inside
Wildlife
For the past 140 years, Fowler's toads have been slowly shortening their underground winter hibernation
Exploration
Meet Neha Acharya-Patel, the first Canadian recipient of the prestigious Rolex scholarship from the Our World Underwater Scholarship Society
Environment
Recent challenges to evidence-based policy in Canada and the United States highlight a need for more transparency and advocacy for government scientists, study authors say
Wildlife
No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange
Environment
Ten years after the release of her bestselling book Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis, the acclaimed science writer doubles down on her call for action on climate change
People & Culture
History
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These old walrus photos from famed wildlife photographer Paul Nicklen are amazing
Wildlife
Plus: the albatross that loved Vancouver Island, a rare butterfly comeback, PEI lobsters to take a new kind of bait and the migratory birds on a potentially fatal collision course.
Environment
Geography is the number one factor influencing the compositions of bacterial communities
Environment
Five eco-friendly products used around the world to create paper
Environment
Now there's a way to visualize exactly what a record warm year globally meant in your city
Environment
Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation
Environment
Wrapping paper, packaging, plastic plates and cutlery — it all adds up. Here are some easy ways to avoid a nightmare around Christmas.
Environment
This week, the International Union of Geological Sciences will consider a proposal to add a new epoch to the geologic time scale — one that reflects the impact of human activity on Earth's natural systems
Environment
Fragmented biomes threaten efforts to combat climate change, warns new study
Environment
Curators and research scientists at the museum’s Natural Heritage Campus in Gatineau, Que. share their favourite specimens ahead of annual open house
Environment
The marine biologist on why we’re asking too much of the ocean — and how to protect the future of fish
Exploration
The men and women that have become part of Canada’s space team
Science & Tech
How so-called rare earth elements are powering our modern tech — and where to find them
People & Culture
Once a traditional way of life across Canada, trapping survives and even thrives in communities throughout the North, including Colville Lake, N.W.T.
Wildlife
The deepwater sculpin thrives in deep lakes and cold temperatures. Researchers are now sequencing its genome to unravel the genetic secrets of this iconic Canadian fish
Science & Tech
Physical distancing requirements to slow the spread of COVID-19 will make it difficult for researchers to visit suspected tornado sites this year, so the team behind the Northern Tornadoes Project is calling on the public to help
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One of the nation’s most famous scientists reflects on a life of scientific achievements and lessons learned
Wildlife
Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
Exploration
Seven years after it was first explored, the B.C. cave known as Raspberry Rising is still giving up its secrets, from breathtaking mineral deposits to promising antibacterial microbes
Kids
Canada's brightest young geography stars are on their way to Ottawa, where they'll meet underwater explorer Jill Heinerth, host of the May 27 live final
Wildlife
And moreover, should it? Plus: Dinosaur fight club, birds about town, and tracking whale whoops
Wildlife
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Whales are beginning to return to B.C. waters — but will they find a safe haven?
People & Culture
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Wildlife
After more than a million years on Earth, the caribou is under threat of global extinction. The precipitous decline of the once mighty herds is a tragedy that is hard to watch — and even harder to reverse.
People & Culture
Experts weighed in on Canada's national bird in debate at the Canadian Museum of Nature
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Whales attacking ships are rare (Moby Dick notwithstanding), but a few incidents have been documented through history. Here's why.
People & Culture
Cut off from federal funding, field stations look for new ways to stay afloat
People & Culture
Wildlife
In the next two decades North American monarch butterflies could be basically gone
Wildlife
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Wood frog breaks down skeletal muscle mass to survive winter
People & Culture
Wildlife
Cats are responsible for about 196 million birds death every year
Wildlife
Plus: Montreal’s mischievous fox, the supersized goldfish invading Canada’s lakes, Arctic fungi under threat and an Indigenous-led movement to collect Canada’s seeds.
Wildlife
Biologists say these prairie dogs aren’t cheering, but they have something to teach us
Wildlife
An emergency order to protect Canada’s rarest bird may come too late
Wildlife
Shutting off the high seas to commercial fishing might be an economically and environmentally sound option for the world’s fisheries and maritime nations: UBC research
People & Culture
The acclaimed director goes to extremes to explore the ocean’s depths — and to share what he finds with the world
