Congo's Ebola outbreak has resulted in over 4,000 deaths, with authorities struggling to contain the virus.

Europe’s floating factories make up just one percent of the fleet but catch more than half the fish—and they cause the majority of environmental damage.

Spring House, Toronto’s new supportive and transitional housing building, sets an important example of how to serve a marginalized population while attending to the details that make a good home

H5N1 has been detected on a US mink farm for the first time, igniting fears the infected animals could present a human pandemic risk.

His approach was in contrast to centuries of conventional wisdom and won the enthusiastic approval of Queen Elizabeth II, with whom he became friends.

The American government’s decision to build an Ebola quarantine facility over 700 miles away from the outbreak sparked protests, legal concerns, and the untimely death of a teenage boy.

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& why are "super trawlers" so destructive?

She died a victim of Liberia's broken medical system and the lingering stigma for those who survived the disease

Leaders of the Christian missionary group Serge, which Dr. Peter Stafford works for, said he unknowingly operated on a patient with Ebola before the outbreak was detected.

The hamlet of Pangnirtung has destroyed 20 dogs after a fox tested positive for rabies last week. 'Most of these dogs were loose dogs that we did not know who were the owners were,' said SAO Shawn Tre...

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Billie Eilish has responded to the vicious online backlash over her declaration that eating meat is "inherently wrong".

Emma Smart was sentenced for criminal damage, after releasing a lobster from a seafood restaurant. She tells the Canary what motivated her

They’re important for agriculture, but they’re not so good for the environment

African swine fever is an important disease of domestic pigs that can also affect wild boars. Here the authors use a multi-host mechanistic model to investigate the relative contribution of domestic p...

Researchers are turning to a new high-tech combination of drones, thermal cameras and artificial intelligence to get a new vantage point on Alberta’s wild boar problem.

Researchers say bottom trawling is taking a serious toll on marine ecosystems and recommend the world rethink this practice.