Scientists skeptical about recent claims that signs of life were possibly detected on exoplanet
The search for life beyond our own planet is something that astronomers have been doing for decades now, with no…
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Did Roman gladiators really fight animals? This one has the bite marks to prove it
As It Happens6:16Did Roman gladiators really fight animals? This one has the bite marks to prove it In one ancient…
High levels of DDT found in N.B. brook trout decades after spraying
A pesticideΒ sprayed on New Brunswick forests more than 55 years ago can still be found in some brook trout in…
These ravioli-shaped baits are key in vaccinating raccoons against rabies
Quebecβs Wildlife Ministry dropped about 75,000 vaccine baits around towns near the U.S. border in April. It has confirmed 16…
Researchers want publicβs help to monitor St. Lawrence River with DNA found in water samples
21 hours ago News Duration 1:38 Espace pour la vie and GΓ©nome QuΓ©bec are teaming up for the community science…
Meet Root, the turtle with a mobility aid made of Lego
He doesn’t live in a sewer, hisΒ name isn’t DonatelloΒ and heΒ doesn’t ride a skateboard. But little Root the turtle does get…
‘Curiously isolated’ butterfly species discovered in Waterton Lakes National Park
Tucked away in Waterton Lakes National Park, little greyish brown butterflies β long thought to be just another population of…
I mourn the decline of Atlantic salmon. I need politicians who get what’s at stakeΒ
This First Person column is the experience of Roger Jenkins, who lives in Storeytown, N.B. For more information about CBC’s…
The finish line was in Spain. How did this racing pigeon end up in Nova Scotia?
When a Spanish fancier released his eight-month-old pigeon for its very first race, the plan was for it to fly…
Most of world’s colourful corals go white in record-breaking bleaching
The world’s rainbow reefs have gone ghostly white in seas around the globe. The “most intense global coral bleaching event…