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Environmental | 62 hits | 7:13 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

A record 63 whooping crane chicks were born in Wood Buffalo National Park this year — an encouraging sign for conservationists who continue to monitor the rare birds' long, slow climb back from near-extinction.

Environmental | 235 hits | 4:58 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack

A high number of accidental deaths this year among the endangered North Atlantic right whale threaten the survival of the species, according to conservation groups and marine scientists.

Environmental | 346 hits | 5:22 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack

The B.C. government has announced plans to end the controversial grizzly bear trophy hunt, following up on a campaign promise made before the election.

Environmental | 370 hits | 11:29 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack

It’s B.C.’s worst wildfire season in six decades, but some ecosystems in the Interior will benefit from the fires, says a wildlife biologist.

Environmental | 324 hits | 11:17 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack

A summer heat wave and extensive wildfires in the B.C. Interior have been abnormally hard on animals in the province, especially nestlings. Wildlife rescuers say they're seeing a high number of young animals dehydrated.

Environmental | 357 hits | 9:57 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog

A UCLA professor who recommended replacing dogs and cats with more climate-friendly pets in the name of global warming may have bitten off more than he can chew.

Environmental | 464 hits | 6:39 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

The Canadian government is implementing a temporary mandatory slowdown for vessels of 20 metres or more in length to address the deaths of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, CBC News has learned.

Environmental | 476 hits | 11:03 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Academic papers vindicating its Roundup herbicide were written with the help of its employees.

Environmental | 486 hits | 8:42 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

The Trump administration has been asked to investigate a Bermuda entity allegedly funnelling 'dark money' to environmentalists in the U.S.

Environmental | 344 hits | 1:53 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack

B.C.'s conservation authority says it has received nearly 9,000 calls since April regarding complaints about black bears — up from the 4,900 calls over the same period last year.

Environmental | 420 hits | 8:22 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack

A worker error caused the inky, foul-smelling discharge that blackened the water near the base of Niagara Falls last weekend, according to a statement released Friday night.

Environmental | 420 hits | 5:37 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack

When the dam at the Mount Polley mine collapsed in August of 2014, it spilled 24 million cubic metres of toxic waste into Quesnel Lake, destroying important spawning beds and forcing an estimated 1.5 million spawning sockeye to swim through polluted water

Environmental | 479 hits | 6:25 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

The Alberta Energy Regulator has charged Syncrude Canada in the deaths of 31 great blue herons at its Mildred Lake oilsands mine two years ago.

Environmental | 383 hits | 9:10 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

After years of harvesting record crops, Kurt Fiechter isn’t expecting much this year. “I’m kind of thinking about a third (of crop yields) across the board of what it has been. It’s quite a kick in one year,” he said. Fietcher is a grain farmer in the Cey

Environmental | 366 hits | 8:59 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Every summer for the last three decades, researchers have cruised the northern Gulf of Mexico during July to study the extent of hypoxia, or low oxygen levels. This summer they found the largest area ever on record: 22,720 square kilometers. This is about

Environmental | 350 hits | 8:46 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

In 2015, South Asia experienced a deadly heat wave that killed roughly 3,500 people in Pakistan and India in a matter of months. New research suggests the region could face much worse by the end of the century.

Environmental | 299 hits | 2:13 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

Burrowed beneath the rocks in the shallow waters of the North Saskatchewan River scurries a lobster-like creature. It looks like it belongs in the open sea, but it's a crayfish. Also known as "mudbugs," the crustaceans are found throughout river networks

Environmental | 279 hits | 12:26 AM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

The threat posed to the native Western Painted Turtle is growing because of competition for food and basking spots from released pet turtles which thrive and reproduce here.

Environmental | 279 hits | 6:03 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack

They're called "ghost forests" — dead trees along vast swaths of coastline invaded by rising seas, something scientists call one of the most visible markers of climate change. And they're becoming more common.

Environmental | 144 hits | 5:41 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack

Ten right whales have now been found along the shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. DFO says the situation is "unprecedented and extremely concerning."

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Environmental | 1024 hits | 6:39 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog

In Oregon, a state known for its avid bicycling culture, the state Legislature's approval of the first statewide bike tax in the nation has fallen flat with riders.

Environmental | 298 hits | 4:06 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

With the gentle chime of a bell to keep them moving along, a flock of sheep carefully made its way from a Montreal park to new grazing grounds early Wednesday afternoon.

Environmental | 214 hits | 12:07 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

Great white sharks are only rarely seen in B.C.'s chilly waters now, but that's expected to change under a warming climate, says a UBC fisheries researcher.

Environmental | 179 hits | 12:02 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

An injured bald eagle that couldn't fly has received a second-chance at life after being rescued by Sandy Lake residents and taken to an animal rehabilitation facility.

Environmental | 208 hits | 9:32 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Anyone who believes you can’t suck and blow at the same time has never met the Ontario Liberals when they’re explaining their plan to — insert laughter here — “fight” global warming.

Environmental | 141 hits | 12:18 AM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

The situation could change but lower-than-expected returns for two early runs means there's no fishing allowed on Fraser River sockeye, the regulatory panel decided Tuesday.

Environmental | 354 hits | 2:46 AM on Monday | posted by Hyack

With more than 700 wildfires burning through British Columbia's forests since this spring, environmental experts fear the increasing use of chemical fire retardants may be putting wild fish at risk.

Environmental | 428 hits | 9:11 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

It has never been deadlier to stand up against corporations that destroy the environment. A record number of 200 environmental activists were killed in 2016 while protesting against companies' mining, logging and agribusiness activities, a report by Globa

Environmental | 434 hits | 6:55 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and research partners released their annual algae forecast for the shallowest and warmest of the Great Lakes, where massive algae formations are a recurring threat to the environment and the economy.

Environmental | 489 hits | 7:06 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

One of the challenges of discussing climate change is that it really is that bad. Completely realistic projections of things like sea-level rise, loss of agricultural productivity, and so on can sometimes sound like a disaster movie. This is a bit of a pr

Environmental | 447 hits | 10:53 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

A new study examining polar bear attacks on humans over the past 144 years has found that the popular idea of the great Arctic hunters as enthusiastic predators of humans is a myth.

Environmental | 492 hits | 7:12 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Joe Howlett had just freed a whale tangled up in fishing gear when he lost his life Monday night.

Environmental | 492 hits | 4:37 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack

Scientists at the University of Bristol in the U.K. have found that increasing sunshine over the past 20 years is helping to accelerate ice melt across Greenland.

Environmental | 406 hits | 11:33 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

The man credited with bringing Canada’s peregrine falcon back from the brink of extinction is being honoured for his legacy.

Environmental | 385 hits | 9:12 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

A fast-growing fire in B.C.'s Cariboo is threatening structures near 100 Mile House, forcing evacuation orders.

Environmental | 475 hits | 9:11 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

Parched conditions on British Columbia's West Coast have prompted a campfire ban.

Environmental | 232 hits | 8:44 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

Four wild ducklings were rescued in Wellington Tuesday night after being found in a ditch without their mother.

Environmental | 213 hits | 8:39 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

Another right whale that had been entangled in fishing gear in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where six of them died last month, has been freed.

Environmental | 208 hits | 7:36 AM on Thursday | posted by Robair

A photo by B.C.'s Ian McAllister has been named one of National Geographic's top pictures of 2015.

Environmental | 758 hits | 10:44 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Ontario wasted $1 billion worth of clean electricity in 2016, according to the province’s professional engineers.

Environmental | 336 hits | 10:58 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog

New research suggests hydraulic fracturing and saltwater disposal has limited impact on seismic events.

Environmental | 340 hits | 10:51 AM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

This year's return of Skeena River sockeye is setting up to be the worst on record. As of June 27, 2017, just shy of 13,000 sockeye had returned. By the same day in 2013 a total of more than 25,000 sockeye had made their way up the river.

Environmental | 226 hits | 7:22 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Existing air quality rules in the U.S. are not enough to prevent tens of thousands of premature deaths each year, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Environmental | 233 hits | 6:44 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

‘Global covenant of mayors’ to work together on climate change whether current White House resident agrees or not

Environmental | 271 hits | 11:36 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

Community members in Paulatuk, N.W.T., captured rare images this week of two moose wading in the Arctic Ocean.

Environmental | 240 hits | 11:35 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

Conservation officers believe the same bear was involved in two recent encounters. The most recent involved a motorcyclist forced to back up by the approaching bear.

Environmental | 344 hits | 8:49 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Experts hope to conduct at least two or three necropsies and says other reasons could include collisions with vessels or entanglement in fishing gear.

Environmental | 385 hits | 12:42 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

It is unclear whether a young whale flown from a New Brunswick river to Quebec is able to eat or has joined other belugas, a marine mammal group says.

Environmental | 242 hits | 8:50 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

The orcas will wait all day for a fisher to accumulate a catch of halibut, and then deftly rob them blind. They will relentlessly stalk individual fishing boats, sometimes forcing them back into port. Most chilling of all, this is new: After decades of

Environmental | 462 hits | 1:14 AM on Monday | posted by Hyack

Black bears typically stay near the treeline — but what was this guy doing so far up North, away from it? Salluit, one of the northernmost communities in the Nunavik region of Quebec, is far away from the treeline.

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