It turns out those cellulose-based thickening agents found in common foods can be digested.Researchers at the University of ...

Western tent caterpillars might not be on your mind every year, but during their peak outbreaks, they’re impossible to ignore ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off in B.C., Canada.

Researchers have identified the cause of the wasting disease that has killed billions of sea stars from Mexico to Alaska since 2013: a strain of the Vibrio pectenicida bacteria.

The presence of humans and human infrastructure in U.S. national parks has lasting effects on the behaviours of the large animals that call them home, according to a new study.

Fish stocks are on the move due to climate change, impacting the sustainability of important fisheries.

Wildfires pollute waterways and could affect their ability to sequester carbon, new University of British Columbia research shows.

Canadian scientists have developed a blood test and portable device that can determine the onset of sepsis faster and more accurately than existing methods.

Some genes just don’t play fair.Researchers have uncovered a ‘selfish’ X chromosome in the fruit fly Drosophila testacea that manages to distort inheritance in both sperm and eggs.

The global average for countries to report genetic information about bird flu, crucial to tracking and preventing a human pandemic, was seven months, and Canada came in last, a new study has found.