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Banff brings beauty and adventure to Canadian travel experience
If your summer vacation wish list includes outdoor adventure travel, yoga, fine dining and phenomenal scenery, then you may want to put Banff National Park at the top of your travel list. With entry...
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Grassland, shorebirds face deep declines
Once common species like the Barn Swallow, shown here, have declined to less than a quarter of their 1970 level. Photo credit: Nick Saunders BY MARGARET MUNRO, POSTMEDIA NEWS JUNE 27, 2012 The barn...
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Two eggs for the price of one
A real life Kinder Surprise egg was cracked open by Sean Wilson on Youtube. The egg weighed a whopping half a pound before it was split open and scrambled into lunch. That stated, some people, in...
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Paddling and Panthers Part of Paradise Coast Travel Experience
With direct flights from Toronto, the area of Florida known as the Paradise Coast offers nature experiences galore to travelers in search of eco experiences. Including the communities of Naples and...
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McGill University finds scientists published ‘falsified’ images
A celebrated Montreal scientist and a senior executive at one of the world’s biggest drug companies co-authored a study that contains “intentionally contrived and falsified” images, according to a...
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Oldest dinosaur embryo ‘bonebed’ unearthed in China delights Canadian researcher
Robert Reisz can almost see the muscles twitching in the ancient dinosaur embryos. The University of Toronto paleontologist points to the tiny thigh bones, which he can hold between his fingers. The...
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World’s oldest water bubbling into Northern Ontario mine
Miners drilling deep underground in northern Ontario have long known about the sparkling salty water. It’s been bubbling out of the rocks beneath their feet since the 1880s, but no one really...
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Amazing video shot from the back of a soaring eagle
This has to be one of the coolest point-of-view videos you’ll ever see! A camera was attached to an eagle gliding through the Chamonix, Mer De Glace area in France. VIDEO BY JOKEROO.COM
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Reindeer will feel effects of climate change: study
The heat is on for the world’s caribou with a new study warning the creatures could lose as much as 60 per cent of their range within 60 years. Caribou, often called reindeer, are among the most...
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Cracks in Arctic ice churn up mercury concern
Atmospheric scientists have discovered a “pumping” process that is drawing mercury, a neurotoxin, into remote Arctic ecosystems. They also warn that “profound changes” underway in the North have the...
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Native Americans genetically linked to boy from ancient grave
The child was covered in red ochre 12,600 years ago and buried with a trove of stone and bone tools on a grassy hillside in Montana. He’s now being held up as proof that most of today’s Native...
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Academics take issue with ‘flawed’ pipeline policies and leadership
VANCOUVER — A Canadian-led group of academics has taken to one of the world’s top science journals to call for a moratorium on new oilsands and pipeline projects. The group, led by ecologist Wendy...
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Littering a crime of inconvenience for Canadians (with video)
A little known fact: The average Canadian litterbug walks 12 steps in search of a garbage can before giving up and dropping the trash on the ground. Yes, it appears our litterbugs are a lazy lot....
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Study finds artificial sweeteners may promote obesity and raise blood sugar
Artificial sweeteners may be helping feed, rather than slow, the global obesity epidemic, according to a provocative new study on the additives used in everything from soft drinks to diet desserts. It...
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Oil and gas emissions can create ‘extreme’ ozone pollution, study finds
Emissions wafting out of oil and gas operations can trigger “extreme” ozone pollution events that rival those seen in congested cities like Los Angeles, according to an international study....
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Take a walk in the woods and call me in the morning
As autumn paints the trees in glorious, vibrant colours, many Canadians are taking advantage of these fall days to enjoy the great outdoors before old man winter chases us all inside. But a little...
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