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A team of engineers at the Université de Moncton is fine-tuning an algorithm that works with satellite and drone images to detect fires more accurately than humans. The technology also predicts where a blaze will spread, helping firefighters know where to send resources.  Technology uses satellite images to quickly detect …

This video was produced by Trevor Kjorlien as part of the CBC Creator Network. Learn more about the Creator Network here. During wintertime in Montreal, it’s easy to think that we live in a northern part of the world. It’s cold, it’s snowy and it’s dark at 4:30 p.m. But …

In this week’s issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the struggle to reduce plastic use in the sale of produce and why climate scientists think their warnings are becoming repetitive yet remain utterly necessary.  Also: Climate scientists are tired of repeating themselves. Our planet is changing. So is …

A common serotine bat’s penis is seven times longer and wider than the female genital tract. A researcher who specializes in bat reproduction explains how the bats get the deed done. A male serotine bat’s penis is seven times longer and wider than the female genital tract. Let’s say you …

Social media video of a black bear being pestered by people while feasting on fish on the shores of the Campbell River has sparked outrage online and among locals. The video was posted seven weeks ago to Instagram by user B100k and has now caught the attention of residents in …

Councillors and others from Ignace, Ont., were in Finland this month and took an elevator hundreds of metres underground to tour the world’s first long-term geological repository for spent nuclear fuel. Representatives from South Bruce in southwestern Ontario have also made the trip. Costs were all covered by the Nuclear …

It’s a dream that’s out of this world. The Canadian Space Agency announced that astronaut Joshua Kutryk has been assigned a six-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2025, and Jenni Gibbons will be Jeremy Hansen’s back-up for the Artemis II mission. Jenni Gibbons was also assigned to …

Wildlife officials across the Great Lakes are looking for spies to take on an almost impossible mission: stop the spread of invasive carp. Acoustic telemetry seek-and-destroy strategy used to identify Asian carp whereabouts. Wildlife officials across the Great Lakes are looking for spies to take on an almost impossible mission: …

A phantom trail on Google Maps that has led hikers into treacherous terrain near Vancouver has been removed. But how did a non-existent trail appear in the app in first place? And why was it so hard to get it removed?  It’s users beware, says expert, when following Google Maps, …

A wild turkey has been caught and relocated to the wilderness after months of evading capture and gaining notoriety in West Orange, N.J.  After evading capture for months, Turkules has been caught and relocated in time for U.S. Thanksgiving. For the longest time, it seemed as though nothing could stop …