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Across British Columbia's south coast, gardeners are finding dead or damaged plants due to the cold snap that sent temperatures plunging to -13.7 C in Richmond. As spring nears, hydrangeas are bare of buds and evergreens are losing their foliage.

Exclusive poll: They are willing to have smaller families, stop using cars and — albeit in smaller numbers — go vegan for the planet, but abandoning single-use plastics and growing a few more plants could be a step too far.

An analysis of thousands of species finds some invertebrates and plants are also getting smaller, while others are increasing in body size.

New research using real-world data casts doubt on the energy efficiency of diesel alternatives that come from phytoplankton.

Climate change is making droughts faster and more furious, especially a specific fast-developing heat-driven kind that catches farmers by surprise, a new study found.

Thirsty or damaged plants produce up to 50 staccato pops an hour, which nearby creatures may respond to, researchers have found.

Tony Heesterman, the University of Victoria's executive chef, has zero patience for students who complain about campus-wide meatless Mondays.

The green industries program at Don Mills Collegiate Institute has grown steadily over the 20-plus years that teacher Dan Kunanec has put into the urban innovation project, which each year sends dozens of high school students on their way to environmentally sustainable careers.

A major international conference on preserving the world's biodiversity is to open on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, with speakers including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Research shows that gardening has many mental and physical benefits. Here’s how people are using it as a form of therapy.

"It’s a beautiful feeling to be out there on the land, knowing those medicines are still around," says Chickadee Richard.

The pandemic has given many of us a chance to make stronger connections with the natural world.

The dramatic spread of native plants over the past decade is evidence of accelerating shifts in the fragile polar ecosystem, study finds.

Canada's plants are under attack from climate change and global trade, yet our governments aren't ready to protect them, over a dozen researchers are warning. 

Taking the lessons I learned in Wiikwemkoong as a child and applying them to my everyday life as an adult has changed my perspective and has allowed me to view the world in a different light, writes Ashley Stefureak.