How people are trying to save Manitoba's waterways

The world’s largest sea turtle faces dangers as it travels through the Atlantic Ocean

You’ll be amazed at the feathered friends you can attract to your yard by following these simple tips

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

You’ve heard of snakes on a plane, but what about snakes in tubes? 

Canada leads the developed world in per capita production of garbage. What’s behind our nation’s wasteful ways? 

The ultimate goal of vaquero horsemanship is to produce a “finished” horse: an exceptionally responsive animal that is a true partner to its rider

With the 100th Grey Cup set to kick off this November, the Canadian Football League and its rough-around-the-edges charm is winning converts

Pilot program will recycle single-use plastics such as candy wrappers, foam containers, plastic straws and stir sticks

Canadian scientist Sheri Bastien discusses her involvement in eXXpedition, an all-female expedition to study ocean plastic

Showcasing developments and policy changes related to plastic reduction around the world 

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

With Canada set to ban single-use plastics by 2022, products made of cellulose — a major component of plants — could be the ideal alternative

From economy to ecology, J.B. MacKinnon's creative work of non-fiction explores what the world would look like if we could just stop shopping  

A sound artist listens for quiet in Grasslands National Park

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?

Environmental benefits and food sources from this low-cost form of farming might be the future

Make every day Earth Day with these four environmental tips, compliments of the Classroom Energy Diet Challenge

Budget 2018 contains some major investments in Canada's wilderness and wildlife. Here are the highlights. 

In his new book, Original Highways: Travelling the Great Rivers of Canada, Roy MacGregor examines the historical legacy and future of Canada's greatest rivers

Ten years after the release of her seminal book Sea Sick, Alanna Mitchell again plumbs the depths of the latest research on the health of the world’s oceans — and comes up gasping

A team of Canadian researchers has found evidence that microplastics and microfibers have infiltrated Arctic ecosystems, but the source of these tiny fragments is still unclear

Asia and Europe revealed as having regions at high-risk of pesticide pollution

Overall, the world's urban air is getting dirtier. But Canada's city skies are among the cleanest in terms of particular matter

Every time a fleece jacket is washed, about 2,000 fibres end up in the wastewater that’s produced

RCGS Fellow Jacqueline Windh jumped at the opportunity to participate in a six-week cleanup along the coast of B.C. 

The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science kicks off Feb. 3, 2021

A sustainable journey starts with a single step says founder and CEO

Every dive into the abyss brings back important scientific data and reminds the world of the critical need for protecting the planet’s oceans

The planet is in the midst of drastic biodiversity loss that some experts think may be the next great species die-off. How did we get here and what can be done about it?

A new interactive map aims to show that pollution disproportionately affects communities of African Nova Scotians and aboriginals

New scientific paper lays out six actions to help freshwater ecosystems recover from decades of pollution and species loss

David Boyd, a Canadian environmental lawyer and UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, reveals how recognizing the human right to a healthy environment can spur positive action for the planet

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

From energy-efficient stadiums to solar-powered boats, making leisure time clean and green is all the rage