A day after the historic lunar flyaround, NASA on Tuesday released striking photos taken by the U.S.-Canadian crew.

Southern Canadians have been occasionally treated to neon-soaked night skies of purples, pinks and greens during a peak in the sun’s activity over the last two years. But the celestial light show put on by the northern lights will dim as the sun moves into a quieter phase of its 11-year cycle.

​A federal fund for organizations that do marine and beach cleanups is returning, but with less money behind it than in past years.

A pair of bald eagles found themselves in a tangle in Surrey, B.C., before power and fire crews helped a local wildlife rehabilitation group free the birds.

Over the weekend more than 1,000 spectators gathered in Ukraine to carefully open cloth bags and release dozens of rescued bats into the air. Alona Pryslutska, co-founder of the Ukrainian Bat Rehab Center, tells As It Happens guest host Dave Seglins not even the war is stopping this unconventional marker of the arrival of Spring.

Huxley the raven is a permanent rescue at Good Caws Crow Rescue in Prince George, B.C. In addition to pretending to sneeze, he likes to repeat his own name, play with squeaky toys and take baths.

The Rural Municipalities of Alberta organization is advocating for the provincial government to legalize grizzly bear hunting in light of what Cardston County calls increased reports of negative human-bear interactions.

A group of volunteers participating in the annual bald eagle count in Kings County saw over 600 of the birds, a record for the nearly 50-year-old survey.

The federal government says a ban on the import of rescue dogs into Canada will remain in place until further notice due to rabies concerns. Animal advocacy groups say the restrictions — which were brought in more than three years ago and originally meant to be temporary — are preventing healthy animals from legitimate international rescues from finding homes in Canada.

Crocodile dung. Tapeworms. Raw meat facials. Yes, at some point in history these wildly popular — and wildly unproven — treatments were how people tried to stay young. Right now, plenty of influencers will tell you that injectable peptides are the answer. But the scientists? Not so much.

The owner of a Manitoba bear rescue organization says three 10-week old black bear cubs have been calling out for their mother for days after she was shot and killed near their den north of Balmoral earlier this week.

Parks Canada staff in its Lake Louise, Yoho, Kootenay field unit will add westslope cutthroat trout to Margaret Lake and other locations this spring.

An extremely dry winter has made for another challenging harvest of India's famous Darjeeling tea, with the flavour the region is renowned for at risk as quality dips. As climate change makes the weather more erratic in the Himalayan foothills, estate owners are growing ever more worried about the future of their businesses.

NASA's Artemis program has drawn attention for its plan to send astronauts around the moon. But behind that mission is a broader strategic push: a renewed race between the United States and China to return humans to the lunar surface.

Roberta the moose has been making herself at home in a northern Alberta couple's front yard recently.

From the coalfields of northern England to the Arctic snows and the steaming jungles of Brazil, diamond hunter and scholar Graham Pearson has carved a name for himself that now lives on in rock.

Prince Edward Island may soon be known for more than Anne of Green Gables, beaches and potatoes — a Nova Scotia-based geologist says the province is emerging as a promising new frontier for fossil discoveries.

Imagine school being two hours of core academics learned daily via an app, without teachers, and double that time spent on hands-on experiences. The unconventional model from a U.S. private school is sparking chatter and may benefit some, but Canadian experts say the approach blending GenAI with pre-existing methods warrants serious consideration about student privacy, well-being and what kids are actually learning.

Snow acts as insulation and helps protect ticks from extreme cold.

Think of it like a long family trip, with everyone packed into an minivan along with all of your stuff — except that you're hitting the road at 28,000 km/h and there are no pit stops for nearly 10 days.