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New research illustrates how flamingos use their necks and beaks to create a vortex in the water to trap and slurp up their prey -- an evolutionary practice apparently distinct to them.

Sterilizing robotic spacecraft to prevent contamination is one thing, but sterilizing human beings is impossible. We are substantially made of bacteria, and those organisms will travel with us to Mars.

Father-daughter team Michael and Heather Trask discover the fossilized bones of an ancient sea lizard near Courtenay, B.C., in 1988.

Three Sask poultry farms were quarantined because of the virus.

A landslide that swallowed a home and left a 300-metre crater in the middle of a rural road in central Quebec on Wednesday has left many wondering how it could have happened.

Opening in Canadian theatres on May 24, Ocean with David Attenborough is a beautiful yet dark look at the vital ecosystems of our connected seas -- and the harms humans bring to it.

As it stands, almost all monitoring is done during the spring, summer and early fall months when there's easier access to research vessels and equipment like buoys.

Sea levels will rise -- by metres, not centimetres -- and the time to prepare is now. Drawing on ancient clues and the latest science, Johanna Wagstaffe explains what Earth's past reveals about our coastal future -- and why smart planning today could ...

The hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, will be an active one, says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Canada Pension Plan Investments has dropped a net-zero by 2050 target for carbon emissions, according to an annual report released on Wednesday, following several Canadian financial institutions that have backtracked on climate commitments.