Biology & Nature

Close to a dozen cultivated meat approvals worldwide, and still no commercial-scale sales. Where each jurisdiction stands, why Health Canada has published nothing, and why regulation was never the...

Scientists are mapping cancer genetics in cats at scale for the first time, revealing major overlaps with human cancers and opening new avenues for understanding and treating oncological disease...

Can we save coral reefs? Explore science-based restoration approaches, from coral gardening to assisted evolution, fighting the global reef crisis.

The deep sea remains Earth's last unexplored frontier. Discover bizarre creatures, hydrothermal vents, and why deep ocean exploration matters for science.

Earth's biodiversity is declining at alarming rates. Explore the science of species diversity, ecosystem services, extinction drivers, and conservation strategies.

The wood wide web was born in BC, and the fight over it is Canadian too: UBC's Suzanne Simard versus University of Alberta critics. What is settled, what is...

Polar bears, apex predators of the Arctic and icons of climate change impacts, face unprecedented challenges as rapidly warming temperatures melt the sea...

Bear hibernation represents one of nature’s most remarkable physiological adaptations, enabling these large mammals to survive months without food,...

McMaster researchers reading DNA straight from Klondike permafrost found mammoths and wild horses survived in Yukon thousands of years past their accepted extinction. How sedimentary ancient DNA works, what...

Bioluminescence—the production and emission of light by living organisms—represents one of nature’s most enchanting phenomena, lighting the darkness...