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Two black holes collided 1.3 billion light years from Earth, creating a 'ringing,' which in turn allowed astrophysicists to test some theories. And it turns out, they were all correct.

Wild rice is a major economic driver in many Cree and Métis communities in northern Saskatchewan, but harvesters are losing their crop to a prolific pest. They hope teaming up with scientists will help save their livelihood.

The male ratfish has a unique, club-shaped appendage on its forehead, called a tenaculum, which it uses to cling to the female's pectoral fin while mating. It turns out, those appendages are chock full of rows upon rows of shark-like teeth.

Looming high above the Blue Nile and stretching nearly two kilometres across, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a nation-building project and potential economic revolution 14 years in the making. With its inauguration today, it is . ...

A hereditary chief with the Ahousaht Nation is calling on the federal government to cancel its plan to ban open-net pen fish farms along the B.C. coast.

Trail, B.C., is home to one of the last lead smelters in North America. It's a major economic driver in the small community, but has also created health concerns about what the toxin does when it enters children's bloodstreams.

Ringing in your ears? An Ottawa artist has collected 100 bells and created an immersive installation where each bell's ring represents something new.

After years of remediation efforts, Thunder Bay, Ont., could be federally delisted as an environmental area of concern within five years, something one researcher said would "be a cause for celebration for the community." But looming cuts to U.S. ...

British Columbia isn't exactly known for tornadoes. On average, the province only sees about one a year. But this season, the Prince George area alone had two rounds of tornado warnings, and the number of reported tornadoes in the province appears to ...

Ottawa-based Oceanetic Power Corporation wants to turn the Bay of Fundy tides into electricity by modifying the turbine on a failed company's vessel.