Chilean researchers have rediscovered a species of frog last seen more than 80 years ago, prompting new calls for the conservation of its habitat in the far-flung Chilean desert.
Scientists relocated the diminutive Hall’s water frog, named for the American researcher and collector Frank Gregory Hall who discovered the species...
As Chile and Argentina witnessed the total solar eclipse on December 14, 2020, unbeknownst to skywatchers, a little tiny speck was flying past the Sun — a recently discovered comet.
This comet was first spotted in satellite data by Thai amateur astronomer Worachate Boonplod on the NASA-funded Sungrazer Project —...
The youngest daughter of Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, beauty influencer Olivia Jade is breaking her silence on the college admission scandal.
Olivia joined Jada Pinkett Smith’s “Red Table Talk” to speak on the incident which resulted in her parents being sentenced to prison and the downfall of her YouTube...
Florida's Dustin Snyder battling cancer dies weeks after fulfilling wish to wed his high school sweetheart.
We have sad news to pass along about a teen with cancer whose wish was to marry his high school sweetheart. On Friday, we learned 19-year-old Dustin Snyder passed away.
Snyder was battling a rare...
After Microsoft launched its new Xbox Series X and Series S this week, it’s now time for Sony to officially launch the sale of its PlayStation 5 (PS5) console in Canada, now available for purchase. PlayStation 5 pre-orders launched back in mid-September.
Due to COVID-19, if you want to buy...
Indiana Jones has nothing on Nathan Hrushkin.
That's because back in July, the 12-year-old Calgary resident went fossil hunting with his dad Dion, and hit paydirt, when he found a fossil of a 69-million-year-old hadrosaur in the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Nodwell property at Horseshoe Canyon.
“I know that it’s...
Quebec pianist and composer Andre Gagnon died Thursday at the age of 84 from Lewy body disease, a neurodegenerative disorder, says his record label Audiogram.
During a career spanning 40 years, Gagnon embraced many styles from baroque, to classical and disco.
Born in Saint-Pacome-de-Kamouraska, on the south shore of the St....
In 2017, the first interstellar object from beyond our solar system was discovered via the Pan-STARRS astronomical observatory in Hawaii. It was named 'Oumuamua, meaning "scout" or "messenger" in Hawaiian. The object was like a comet, but with features that were just odd enough to defy classification.
Two Arizona...
Japan city issues emergency alert to recall deadly blowfish packages.
Eating the toxic parts of the fugu fish can lead to numbness, paralysis, respiratory problems and often an agonizing death while conscious. The meat is highly regulated.
A central Japanese city has used its emergency loudspeaker system to warn residents to...
A push to administer thousands of COVID-19 vaccines before they expire has shortened the recommended dosing interval for some Ontarians, but one expert says that any difference in protection is likely negligible.
The province announced last week that the first cohort of Ontarians who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot in March...
