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Two faults that run through central Panama have ruptured both independently and in unison over the past 1,400 years, suggesting that Panama City and the Panama Canal face “a significant seismic risk,” new research suggests.

That conclusion followed a seismic hazard…

Astronomers say they've found the first known planet to orbit a star that began its life outside our own Milky Way galaxy.

In the last 15 years, almost 500 planets have been detected orbiting stars in our galaxy. But until…

Two Democratic political consultants are suing the co-founders of the Huffington Post, charging that the influential news, blog and community-building website was based on their ideas.

Peter Daou and James Boyce filed a lawsuit against Arianna Huffington and Kenneth Lerer in…

The premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia on Thursday announced a $6.2-billion deal to develop the Lower Churchill hydroelectric megaproject, bypassing a historical roadblock at the Quebec border.

“It's a huge milestone,” Premier Danny Williams told reporters in St.…

Hundreds of polar bears in northeastern Manitoba may face an increased risk of starvation due to delayed ice formation along the western coast of Hudson Bay, conservationists say.

Higher-than-normal temperatures have prevented ice from forming in the region, putting it three…

Canada's declining ability to keep track of its biodiversity leaves the country vulnerable to invasive species, extinctions and poor environmental policy, a new report says.

The gaps in data about the country's plants, animal, fungi and microbe species may also limit…

Online retail giant Amazon is wading into the movie-making business and calling on internet users to join in as well as help it vet the potential theatrical releases.

The Seattle-based company has launched Amazon Studios to develop screenplays and feature-length movies…

Prime Minister Stephen Harper defended Tory senators who voted down a climate change bill ahead of an upcoming United Nations meeting on the issue in Mexico.

Harper, in responding to a query from NDP Leader Jack Layton in question period Wednesday…

Environment Canada has found no violations of the Fisheries or Migratory Bird Conventions Act at a three-sided tailings pond in northern Alberta.

The determination was made after an enforcement officer inspected the pond Tuesday at the Horizon oilsands project run by…

The mayor of Port Hope, Ont., says an anti-nuclear activist's warning that radioactive waste has contaminated the community's beaches and water amounts to sensationalism.

On Tuesday, Helen Caldicott told a public meeting in Oshawa that the municipality's entire population should be…