Vancouver might just be home to the greenest building in the world. Meet the geography professor who brought it to life.

Five eco-friendly products used around the world to create paper

Wrapping paper, packaging, plastic plates and cutlery — it all adds up. Here are some easy ways to avoid a nightmare around Christmas. 

Fire activity in the Brazilian Amazon surged this week; here are some key things to know about the situation

Now there's a way to visualize exactly what a record warm year globally meant in your city

A new book aims to solve nature-deficit disorder and reconnect kids with the natural world

Crackpot theory or viable explanation?

Photos of flying ace Joe Fall offer a rare glimpse at life during the Great War

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks

No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange

After a series of mass deaths in recent years, what can we do?

Plus: good news for Roosevelt elk, a new look for Alberta bison, a genetic disposition to wander for caribou and a big wildlife boost for southern Ontario

Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees

The lake expert and paleolimnology pioneer addresses the details and evidence of a new epoch

Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us

Depending on whom you ask, the North’s sentinel species is either on the edge of extinction or an environmental success story. An in-depth look at the complicated, contradictory and controversial science behind the sound bites

*Do your own research

The filmmaker aims to open eyes to threatened environments — and inspire action for change

Calgary Stampede’s “Indian Village” renamed “Elbow River Camp”

#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.

Canadian Paralympians and Para athletes join the mission to increase trail accessibility across Canada

Plus, more news from the North: new polar bear population brings hope, Nunavik sentinel discovers new butterfly species, N.W.T. gets a new National Wildlife Area and Canada’s Arctic provides a blueprint for life on Mars.

DNA sequencing like that used to track COVID-19 helps scientists trace the origins of salmon pathogens in B.C.

Having recently completed a 7,000-kilometre cycling expedition, Rigby shares insights on diversity in the outdoors and what he hopes to do next

Following a deadly summer for the endangered whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is tightening regulations for crab fishers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

As foxes move from the forest to the city, they show more doglike traits and appear to be naturally self-domesticating in the U.K. — but the same isn’t happening here at home

Algonquin wolves face an uncertain future primarily because they can be legally shot and trapped in many parts of Ontario

Canadian professor uses gecko as inspiration for new adhesives

The predatory whale’s scientific name pays tribute to Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of death

Whales attacking ships are rare (Moby Dick notwithstanding), but a few incidents have been documented through history. Here's why.

Artificial intelligence combines with social-media analysis to inform first responders and scientists

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 

Whales are beginning to return to B.C. waters — but will they find a safe haven?

5 examples of Cuban music, films and other cultural hallmarks

Comment la vie peut-elle survivre dans les endroits les plus inhospitaliers de la Terre et pourquoi s’en soucier? Warwick Vincent trouve des réponses au fond de lacs gelés dans les limites septentrionales du monde.

Some companies have been working to develop creative solutions to our global plastics problem

In the next two decades North American monarch butterflies could be basically gone

Love them, hate them or love to hate them, this industrious animal takes the spotlight on April 7 for International Beaver Day

Bringing television and radio to the world wasn't a simple process, but it started a revolution