Science & Climate

Once a big economic driver, theme park sits defunct weeks after whale export request denied What’s next for Marineland and its 30 beluga whales  Residents in Niagara Falls, Ont. are waiting for news about the future of the Marineland property and the animals currently housed there, including 30 beluga whales. …

This image, provided by NASA, shows the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on Nov. 30, 2025, about 178 million miles (286 million kilometers) from Earth. (NASA, ESA, STScI, D. Jewitt (UCLA), M.-T. Hui A stray comet will make its closest approach to Earth today in one …

The rescued turtle spent decades on a kitchen floor in New Jersey, subsisting mainly on cat food Rockalina, a rescued eastern box turtle, meets a member of her own species for the first time in 48 years. (Garden State Tortoise)  Rockalina the turtle has had a transformative year. When wildlife rescuers …

Only the 13th case of cub adoption in the western Hudson Bay area, say researchers A mother polar bear and two cubs are photographed in November, near Bird Cove in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area. When scientists last spotted the mother bear in March, she had only one cub, pointing …

New research is showing that menstrual cups may be a new option for astronauts who menstruate Recently, the AstroCup mission led by Cornell astronomy researcher Ligia F. Coelho tested two silicon menstrual cups during a space flight. (Cornell University)  Before NASA astronaut Sally Ride’s historic launch aboard the space shuttle in …

Astronauts expected to be first humans to see entirety of Earth and moon, in one view Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen could be launching on the Artemis II mission to fly around the moon as early as February. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)  In just a few short months, Canadian astronaut Jeremy …

After his viral escape in a shearling coat, Darwin is living a quieter life just outside the city The IKEA monkey was found 13 years ago. Here’s where he is now  Thirteen years ago, a baby monkey found in a shearling jacket outside of an IKEA store in Toronto took …

Orcas listen to dolphin echolocation, dolphins feed on salmon scraps: new study A pod of northern resident killer whales is seen travelling together in this video footage from B.C. researchers, who captured dolphins and orcas working together to hunt salmon. (Dalhousie/UBC/Hakai Institute)  When dolphins swam onto the scene during a study …

Space agencies are interested in lunar impacts of this year’s shower, which promises good viewing This stacked image shows dozens of Geminid meteors one photographer captured in one night in Arizona. (Malcolm Park)  Baby, it’s cold outside — but it’s worth putting on that heavy winter coat, scarf and boots and …

Staff recently learned 40-year-old ginkgo was suddenly producing pungent seeds Annapolis Royal ginkgo tree reveals smelly secret Staff at the Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens were surprised to learn the tree they planted in the early 1980s is not what they thought. The CBC’s Josh Hoffman has the story. For 40 …