Science & Climate

New discovery brings us closer to ‘understanding where life comes from,’ experts say Researchers in Spain have uncovered sugar near the centre of the Milky Way, about 26,000 light-years from Earth. (Esteban Felix/The Associated Press)  It’s a sweet discovery that has the science world talking — and may help us better …

An already heavily trafficked B.C. estuary is under pressure to industrialize more for the proposed project Alberta’s southern pipeline plan now under consideration by Canada’s Major Projects Office would mostly replicate the path of the existing Trans Mountain pipeline, but a deviation in the route could see part of the …

Cauliflower-like clouds are produced by hot air rising quickly as the moisture condenses, Enviro Canada says Pyrocumulus clouds, seen from Coquitlam, B.C., are pictured forming above the Boston Bar wildfire on July 21. (Submitted by @Brad604/X)  Photos of giant, cauliflower-like clouds are popping up on Vancouver-area social media feeds that experts …

Large patches of aspen have been found to successfully slow down wildfires A wildfire near Mattagami First Nation in northeastern Ontario expanded to 3,200 hectares in early June. Ontario is now in its worst wildfire season on record. (Calvin Hurley/Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)  As Ontario continues to experience its worst …

Melanoma tumours are genetically similar to each other, less similar to infected fish they’re found on About a third of brown bullhead catfish in Lake Memphremagog, which spans the Quebec-Vermont border, have black spots and lumps. A new study shows these are a kind of contagious cancer. (Vermont Fish & Wildlife)  …

Invasive goldfish detected in more than 100 locations across Alberta, province says The Alberta government says invasive goldfish have established populations in more than 100 locations across the province. This 30-centimetre, 2.4-pound goldfish was removed from a storm-water management pond in Okotoks, south of Calgary. (Government of Alberta) Schools of invasive …

Bone impressions were made by a horned dinosaur known as Gorgosaurus A cast of a partial dinosaur skull impression found in a sandstone block in 2017 in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is shown in this undated handout image. (Colton Coppock SDV/ Canadian Press hand-out)  The remains of a dinosaur skull found in …

Gordo, an Eastern Massausaga rattler, died on Matchett Road last summer — but not before successfully mating Baby snakes carry on legacy of Gordo, a rare Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Trying to cross Windsor’s Matchett Road may have killed Gordo, an Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake — but that doesn’t mean his genetic …

This map shows the warming across the Pacific Ocean as of July 15. A strong El Niño has already developed ahead of the expected peak in fall. (Climate Reanalyzer)  The long-anticipated El Niño is here, and already it’s living up to the hype. In the spring, climate scientists had forecasted an …

Mutual grooming can be a passive-aggressive way for cats to get what they want, study finds It turns out, sometimes when a cat grooms another cat, it’s trying to be annoying. (Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images)  Sometimes when a cat grooms another cat, it’s nice. A cat helping another cat out, …