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A week of negotiations has led to 40 species added on a list of protections under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, the 15th meeting of countries that are party to a UN treaty signed in 1979.

The Alberta government is revamping laws tied to the well-being of animals through the Animal Protection Amendment Act.

Humans have wondered for centuries whether we are alone in the universe -- and a new study suggests that if alien civilizations have been trying to communicate with us, we mostly haven't been listening for the right signals.

A humpback whale that was freed after becoming stuck for several days in shallow water at a Baltic Sea resort in Germany was stranded again on Saturday after failing to find its way back to the Atlantic Ocean.

Ruth Hasman has been repairing stuffed animals for over two decades out of her Vancouver home.

White-nose syndrome, a deadly disease that has decimated bat populations across North America in recent years, has been detected in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta for the first time, marking a significant spread since it was first confirmed to be in ...

Ottawa backed the world's largest cricket farm with tens of millions in public money. It collapsed before reaching full production, exposing a gap between hype and demand while also leaving questions about how much of that money was ever recovered.

The awakening of Banff National Park's most iconic grizzly heralds the return of bears to the Alberta landscape. Parks Canada calls him Bear 122, but he's better known to most in Alberta -- and across Canada -- as The Boss.

The Richardson's ground squirrel destroys crops and creates burrows that can damage machinery and endanger livestock. The use of strychnine to control their numbers is no longer legal.

CoolIT Systems, a specialist in liquid cooling for AI data centres, is set to be acquired by U.S. company Ecolab for $4.75 billion US, in what's being called one of the city's biggest tech deals of all time. As part of the acquisition, the company's ...