10+ hour, 29+ min ago   (227+ words) Conservationists in Central Kalimantan province, on the Indonesian island of Borneo, have rescued a female orangutan and her baby from thick smoke created by a nearby wildfire. Last month, authorities in Borneo rescued at least seven orangutans from fire-affected areas,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (377+ words) The water was warm and I was busy watching the fish and one curious little octopus unfurl from a crevice below me when I heard a squeal. All of a sudden I felt something move fast beside me, and I…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (604+ words) It’s a long haul from the waters of Alaska to New Zealand’s Manukau Harbour, and when the Bar-Tailed Godwit reaches her destination “she collapses right there on the beach, too exhausted even to fold her wings or break her fast......

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (691+ words) Alberta and Ottawa remain divided on a federal plan to put environmental land-use restrictions on more than one million square kilometres of land OTTAWA — The federal environment minister has indicated it’s possible that private, working Alberta ranches could be counted…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (535+ words) Scientists have mapped a dense network of thread-like fungi that criss crosses across an array of biomes while hiding just beneath the Earth’s surface. Known as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM), these microscopic organisms carry water and nutrients to 70 per cent…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (777+ words) Two attacks inside a week in Markham suggest that the hands-off approach has consequences It is springtime in the greater Toronto area, which means it’s coyote hunting season. To be clear, it is the coyotes that are doing the hunting....

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (673+ words) Pigeon bones found in Cyprus push back the earliest evidence of pigeon domestication by almost a full millennium, to 1400 BC Are pigeons domesticated? Or are they wild? They are not pets, though they are sometimes treated that way, fed crumbs…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (228+ words) Penguins at Edinburgh Zoo pick through coloured pebbles painted by children at a local hospital to mark start of the breeding season, when penguins often use pebbles to build nests for their families. The children at the Royal Hospital for…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (127+ words) Warsaw's accident and emergency room for wounded birds treats around 80 cases a day, all found and brought in by locals. (AP Video: Rafal Niedzielski) 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4... Warsaw Zoo opens 24-hour drop off point for injured birds Increasingly…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1614+ words) Across the animal kingdom evolution has given rise to vast age gaps and a growing scientific quest to understand them A humble mollusk can live to 507. The oldest Greenland Sharks navigate deep, dark Arctic waters for longer than America has…...