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A new study examining nearly a half century of logging in Ontario and Quebec warns the practice has left forests in the provinces severely depleted — and put the majestic woodland caribou at risk.  New study finds more than 14 million hectares cut in Ontario and Quebec since 1976. Canada …

Amid incidents of AI-generated, deepfake nudes of teens found circulating among classmates, some experts are calling for updates and improvements to both school policies and curriculum to address technology-facilitated sexual violence. Fake nude images generated by AI are some of the distressing new challenges facing students and educators. When called …

The darker the snow, the faster it melts — and new research sheds light on the threat snow algae poses to shrinking glaciers across northwestern North America. The colourful algae colonize thousands of North American snowfields each summer. The Rocky Mountains conjure up images of grey rugged peaks capped with …

Coastal First Nations communities in B.C. are using traditional knowledge and laws to manage the Great Bear Rainforest, a world-leading conservation project. But their work is precariously funded by carbon offsets, raising questions about whether the model is truly sustainable. Coastal First Nations communities using traditional knowledge to manage Great …

The 2013 discovery of the largest collection of hominid fossils ever found is rewriting the origin of complex behaviours we thought were uniquely human, says a renowned paleoanthropologist.  ‘H. naledi was capable of behaving in a way very nearly, if not as complex as we do today’: prof. In 2013 …

A robotic lander built by a private company was bound for the moon on Monday in an attempt to make the first U.S. lunar soft landing in more than half a century, after launching into space aboard a new rocket that was the result of a joint venture from Boeing …

Fossils of smaller animals such as lizards are found infrequently, scientists say. The discovery may help paleontologists better understand what prehistoric environment in the Grande Prairie region looked like. The prehistoric lizard is related to the Gila monster. Not far from the bank of Wapiti River, just 11 kilometres from …

With the global El Niño weather system continuing through this spring, forecasts suggest 2024 could be even hotter — prompting wildfire and public policy experts to call for more wildfire prevention efforts now.  Low snowpack and higher temperatures forecast for El Niño year already raising wildfire concerns. The first week …

A few years ago, a couple of Google employees reached out to a Minnesota scientist with an unusual proposal: What if they could teach computers to spot beaver habitats from space? EEAGER, a new machine learning algorithm, identities beaver dams from satellite and aerial images. A few years ago, a …

Can’t decide whether to ditch your furnace for a heat pump? Having a hybrid system with both kinds of heating comes with advantages, say researchers and those in the HVAC industry. Here’s a closer look at the pros and cons, and whether this is the right choice for your home.  …