A new University of Guelph field course is taking students to the Caribbean to provide them with a unique introduction to medical school.

What does fisheries monitoring look like beyond the datasets and research papers? For students Nash and Mason, the answer recently meant heading out on Lake Erie with the Lake Erie Management Unit cre...

In our health-conscious era, some food companies are dropping synthetic colourings completely. Consumer acceptance depends on the product.

Scientists are uncovering the creatures that live in our rivers with techniques like electrofishing and DNA sampling. Here's what they're finding, from mottled sculpins to mayfly nymphs, and why they ...

A new study finds biodiversity acts like natural insurance, helping ecosystems withstand climate change, habitat loss, and other threats.

'Clock genes' may help identify a child’s risk of developing obesity and provide an opportunity to adjust diets early in life to prevent the disease, a new study suggests.

The Big Backyard BioBlitz initiative is calling on people to submit photos and videos of wildlife in Canada to help scientists understand the environment.

Researchers say clock genes good markers for disease risk, diet-based interventions New research from the Guelph Family Health Study (GFHS) has found circadian rhythm-related genes could influence the...

SSP International focuses on astrophysics, biochemistry, bacterial genomics and cell biology and students put learned concepts into practice while working on important issues.

A pair of UWindsor grad students are using AI software with 100 acoustic box recorders placed across country to identify and monitor how birds communicate and travel at night.

Canada’s Maritime region must adapt quickly as it plays host to a growing seasonal population of white sharks