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After decades of population decline, it's not known if any wild northern spotted owls remain in B.C. Biologists are hard at work to bring them back, but say more needs to be done to protect and repair forests.

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Last year, fisheries technologist Mark Santos and a team at the Marine Institute launched 285 cement reef balls into Placentia Bay's Fox Harbour in a bid to remediate an ocean dead zone. Already, he said, they can see marine life returning.

A dire warning from an outgoing researcher at Anthropic that AI could "kill all humans" by the end of the decade led to public outcry over the dangers posed by the technology's rapid development. It's raised questions about why some experts believe . ...

Disease has blighted P.E.I.'s oyster industry, wiping out entire crops. Oyster farmers say they need more help to survive the crisis and are worried their independent farms may be snapped up by bigger corporations with deeper pockets.

Researchers analyzed Parks Canada data collected from 2010 to 2023 on aggressive wildlife encounters and what people were doing when they occurred. The researchers found that quiet activities like hiking, walking and sightseeing were when many ...

So far, the American-led research has tracked roughly 200 people connected to Lake Erie coastal communities.

Lucas Brehaut was hoping there'd be a lot of interest in his research, though it might be a case of "be careful what you wish for." Caribou, moose, black bears, wolves, rabbits and owls have been messing with his research equipment.

Water chestnut, an invasive aquatic species, multiplies quickly and blocks the light other species rely on. The watershed council for the Vaudreuil-Soulanges area is working to eradicate it from the Ottawa River and the Lake of Two Mountains.

OpenAI made waves this week for announcing it had solved a mathematics problem with roots going back 200 years. But almost immediately, two other mathematicians (one of whom works at competitor Anthropic) announced the results might have been taken . ...