A new study says birds are likely dying in Alberta oilsands tailings ponds at a rate that is at least 30 times higher than that suggested by the oil industry.

A 17-year study in a pristine mountain environment has found a 50 per cent decline in bee pollination, and suggests climate change may be to blame.

A 21-year-old engineering student is claiming to be the first person to cross mainland Canada in an electric car.

Hewlett-Packard Co. is suing former CEO Mark Hurd to stop him from taking a job at rival Oracle Corp.

An Inuit family says a box that was hidden for over 80 years in the Arctic contains logbooks linked to the doomed Franklin Expedition.

B.C. could learn a lot from the massive earthquake that damaged 100,000 buildings in Christchurch, New Zealand, over the weekend, a local researcher says.

An Indonesian volcano shot a towering cloud of black ash high into the air Tuesday, dusting villages 25 kilometres away in its most powerful eruption since awakening last week from four centuries of dormancy.

B.C. commercial fishermen were out in full force Monday, hoping it would not be the last full day of the 2010 sockeye fishery.

A North Vancouver video game developer has died in a head-on collision in which three people were killed, police in Washington state say.

Hitting the gym helps slow the aging process in space, as well as on Earth, Canadian scientists have found.

A Yukon-based forensic study on how carcasses decompose in Canada's North has the potential to expand into further research.

A Japanese researcher who found a way to give mature cells certain characteristics of embryonic stem cells, a process scientists say could eventually lead to cures for spinal cord injuries and other ailments, has been awarded the Balzan Prize for biology.

The unpredictable nature of quantum physics has been mimicked by Queen's University computer scientists to invent a new version of chess.

A B.C. marine biologist wants his study of underwater noise to be used to protect whales off Canada's West Coast.

Edmonton-based BioWare is doubling the number of employees at its Montreal offices, with the ultimate goal of creating an autonomous studio that will design its own video games.