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45 years of digging dinos

  • 13 November 2024
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Dinosaurs in Edmonton

  • 7 November 2024
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Harnessing the power of carbohydrates to improve our health

  • 7 November 2024
polar bear sitting on ice looking up

Polar bears live on ice—but new conditions are injuring them

  • 4 November 2024
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As the Arctic warms, some polar bears are being injured by painful ice buildup on their paws: study

  • 29 October 2024
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Opinion: Our future lies in floating islands

  • 19 October 2024
mountain pine beetle in Jasper

Debate continues about role of mountain pine beetle in Jasper wildfire

  • 17 October 2024
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Famed dino hunter reflects on the history of paleontology

  • 13 October 2024
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Edmonton park rangers shooting plastic bullets at aggressive coyotes

  • 12 October 2024
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Southern Alberta cattle ranchers team with Nature Conservancy of Canada to conserve Prairie grasslands

  • 10 October 2024
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Arctic fool’s gold could spike Canadian carbon emissions, study finds

  • 10 October 2024
Lisa Stein: How to Cool the World Without Blocking the Sun

How to Cool the World Without Blocking the Sun

  • 20 September 2024
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University of Alberta professor explains why coyotes are getting bolder in Northeast Alberta town

  • 18 September 2024
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Call to remove coyotes from Edmonton neighbourhood because of safety concerns

  • 16 September 2024
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Wasp threat across the Lakeland drops with the temperature

  • 15 September 2024
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Diet, demographics behind late-summer wasp outbreak on Prairies

  • 4 September 2024
cross-section collected from a Douglas-fir tree in Jasper

Jasper used to burn often. Why did that change when it became a national park?

  • 25 August 2024
Epcor treated this pond in Keswick

Epcor pauses planned cull of invasive goldfish in west Edmonton stormwater pond

  • 23 August 2024
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Methane coming from unknown source under Kluane glaciers

  • 17 August 2024
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Small but mighty: why microbes could be part of climate solutions

  • 12 August 2024
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Researchers discover optimum twilight time for plant growth

  • 6 August 2024
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How wildlife populations deal with forest fires

  • 31 July 2024
Rolf Vinebrooke weighs in on the dangers posed by blue-green algae.

Blue-green algae could be coming to a lake near you as Alberta heat wave continues

  • 22 July 2024
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This heat wave can be deadly to wildlife

  • 18 July 2024
A coyote stands in a field.

See a coyote? Haze it, says scientist

  • 11 May 2024