The citizen science program Active Asteroids is looking for volunteers from the public to sift through astronomical photographs of asteroids to look for signs of tails which may indicate the presence of water. Active asteroids are rare small bodies in our solar system with an asteroid-like orbit and comet-like tail.…

6:39Scientists try to unravel the case of 1,300 mysteriously preserved human brains Oxford University’s Alexandra Morton-Hayward spends her days surrounded by brains — literally.  The undertaker-turned-scientist is trying to unravel why some human brains remain remarkably well-preserved after death, sometimes for thousands of years, even when all other soft tissue…

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Even with the heavy snowfall that hit southern Alberta this week, it’s still springtime, and bears across the Rockies are emerging from hibernation. Boo, a grizzly bear living in an enclosure at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort near Golden, B.C., recently woke from his winter slumber. And the infamous grizzly known…

2 days ago News Duration 0:54 Bears, macaques, mongooses and more at the Gelsenkirchen Zoo in Germany are enjoying a taste of Easter as zoo staff scatter colourful eggs — some stuffed with treats like fruits and nuts — around their habitats for them to find. (Thumbnail credit: Jana Rodenbusch/Reuters)

The Current15:00How to kill one million mice Warning: This story contains distressing images. Conservationists are hatching a plan to kill up to one million mice on the remote South Africa island of Marion, over fears that the invasive rodents could wipe out the seabirds that live there. “They’re essentially eating…

In the megacity of Dhaka, Bangladesh, the air quality on some days can get downright dangerous. Levels of PM2.5, fine particulate matter linked to heart, lung and cognitive issues, often exceed safe health standards.  “In Bangladesh, we have a national standard, it’s about 65 micrograms per cubic metre [µg/m3] for 24…

When you look out the window or walk your dog in the year 2100, the animals you spot might be quite different from what you see today, a new study suggests. Many wildlife species are moving due to climate change — which means Canadian cities could get an influx of…

For the shellfish industry, high fecal counts detected in areas where shellfish such as oysters are harvested can mean long — and costly — closures. The fecal matter is associated with human-borne viruses, like norovirus, but the tests that are typically used to measure the fecal matter don’t distinguish between…

The natural world is full of gender diversity: female hyenas have pseudo penises used for sex and urination, many species of fish and plants change their sex over their lifespan, and female lions have been known to grow manes and develop a masculine growl. Those are among many examples in a…

Canada will soon have a second laboratory capable of working with the most dangerous pathogens in the world — home to Canada’s Centre for Pandemic Research. It will be the only non-government Level 4 facility in the country, part of the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO),…

A female killer whale that beached on northern Vancouver Island died on Saturday despite efforts by the community to push the mammal back into the water. Video of the incident, which occurred near the village of Zeballos on the island’s northwest coast, shows dozens of people trying to save the stranded orca. The female…

By now you’ve heard the buzz about the total solar eclipse happening on April 8. Though people are rushing to purchase eclipse glasses to witness the spectacle, one of the biggest questions remains: Will we have clear skies? Unfortunately, April skies in Canada — and particularly those areas along the path…

A massive survey analyzing animal behaviour during COVID-19 lockdowns has provided new insight into how humans can better co-exist with their wild counterparts.  It also provided some great photos of bison, grizzlies, baby moose and other animals in their natural habitats. The study, published Monday in Nature Ecology and Evolution, involved 120 researchers worldwide…

Niagara Falls, Ont., Mayor Jim Diodati says that when he goes out on April 8 to watch the total solar eclipse, he’ll have packed everything he might need for the entire day. “My plan is I’m riding my bike down there with my backpack, and it’s going to be loaded with cereal…

Spring has officially arrived, after a winter that didn’t feel much like one. The months of December, January and February were the warmest on record in Canada, part of a pattern of unprecedented temperatures across the globe over the past year. David Phillips, senior climatologist at Environment and Climate Change…

In a few weeks’ time, Philippe Moussette will travel thousands of kilometres from his home in chilly Quebec City to the heat of Dallas, Texas, with what most people would consider to be a staggering amount of camera gear. The centrepiece will be a telephoto lens almost as long the photographer’s…

When Robert Winters was single back in 2017, he used artificial intelligence to find more matches on Tinder. He downloaded AI software that automatically swiped on profiles and started conversations for him, leading to hundreds of dating prospects. Not long after, Tinder banned him. “Before the AI-Tinder hack that I…

Two peregrine falcons living in a nesting box atop the Assumption Life building in Moncton for the past 13 years are about to become famous — thanks to a new live video feed that will allow them to be observed 24 hours a day. Peregrine falcons are birds of prey which feed on…

A 62-year-man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announced on Thursday. The four-hour surgery, performed on March 16, marks a major milestone in the quest to provide more readily available organs to patients, the hospital said…

With Canada coming out of its warmest winter on record, some may be enjoying the signs of spring that are showing up much earlier this year: plants beginning to pop up out of the ground, the earlier calls of robins or migrating birds or even just the warmer and sunnier…

Senior landscape architect Tina Liu is responsible for up to 700,000 tulip bulbs planted by the National Capital Commission (NCC) each year in Ottawa. Typically, those tulips would start blooming in April, in staggered cohorts, so the 120 flower beds she oversees at 30 different sites are awash in colour in time for the hundreds of thousands of people who flock to Ottawa…

Scientists at the University of British Columbia say they have identified a potentially new population of killers whales that hunt the planet’s largest predators in the open ocean. A group of 49 orcas has been seen hunting sperm whales, elephant seals, dolphins and even a leatherback turtle as far as 300 kilometres off…