biodiversity

If we're serious about warding off the oncoming climate catastrophe, it will take a swift and highly disruptive overhaul to our way of living.

COP29 could make carbon markets permanent. Indigenous leaders are calling for a moratorium before it's too late.

Real-time satellite monitoring shows that so far in 2024, more than 10,000 wildfires have ripped across 11,000 square kilometres of the Amazon, across multiple countries. Never have this many fires burned so much of the forest this early in the year.

Ocean conservation groups celebrated Canada's move but also urged the federal government to quickly ratify the accord aimed at protecting ocean life in shared international waters.

The proposal focuses on a technique that fills the atmosphere with particles, reflecting part of the sun’s heat and light into space.

Canada has the ambitious 2030 target to ensure that the wildlife trade is sustainable, legal and safe for people, animals and the environment. Time is running out for meaningful action and little progress.

The world’s top decision-making body on the environment is meeting in Kenya's capital on Monday to discuss how countries can work together to tackle environmental crises like climate change, pollution and loss of biodiversity.

Some community skepticism in James Bay shows Ottawa will have to work to gain trust when it comes to Indigenous-led conservation.

With populations on the decline, the collection will allow volunteers, not just professional scientists, to contribute to the conservation of birds.

On Wednesday, Greenpeace Canada inflated a giant owl on the Rideau Hall grounds near Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s residence to demand movement on a promised nature protection law.

Looking at biodiversity over the past few years, one trend stands out: the decline and extinction of wild species.

Canada's first-ever climate adaptation strategy was little more than six weeks old when fast-moving wildfires swept through communities in British Columbia's southern Interior, forcing thousands to flee and destroying hundreds of homes.

Cats may be adored human companions, but they are also highly effective killers, according to a study that shows they eat more than 2,000 species globally — including hundreds that are of conservation concern.

The federal government’s pledge to protect a third of Canada’s land and water by 2030 will be put into legislation next year, says federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault.

Researchers say better representation could elicit interest in lesser-known organisms and help conservation efforts.