Cheetahs can't roar, they meow instead
Did you know that cheetahs sound a lot like your housecat?
Why miniature horses make such great service animals
With news that Southwest is allowing mini horses on flights, here's what to know about these petite equine wonders.
Cute animal photos boost your mental focus
Need help paying attention? Cue up the cute baby animals.
10 barbecue foods dangerous for pets
From ribs and onions to chips and corn, these barbecue-friendly foods can be unfriendly to dogs and cats.
Thousands of African gray parrots rescued from traffickers in Congo (video)
Wildlife Conservation Society is treating the purloined parrots at a specially built care facility; some 900 have been released back into the wild.
Lions, leopards and lynxes love boxes too (video)
Just like your pet, these big cats can't resist the lure of an open cardboard cube.
EU, Brazil and China have banned way more harmful pesticides than the USA
For example, 72 pesticides approved for use in the United States are banned or in the process of being phased out in the EU.
How to avoid the bite of a kissing bug
Kissing bugs can carry the parasite that causes Chagas disease, and they are now making their way through the US.
Make this non-toxic spray to keep ants out of your kitchen
A mixture of leftover citrus rinds and vinegar is an easy, food-safe way to cut ants off at the pass.
Top 12 pesticide-contaminated fruits and vegetables
And the top 15 that are least toxic.
An organic diet rapidly reduces pesticide exposure
When four American families switched to all-organic diets for a week, the results were dramatic.
Scientists call for ban on pesticides that harm children's brains
New study says there's no safe level of exposure to organophosphates, a main ingredient in pesticides.
Mothers’ pesticide levels linked to autism in their children
A new study provides the first biomarker-based evidence that maternal exposure to insecticides is associated with autism among their offspring.
We're losing the sound of crickets chirping in the summer
With crickets in decline, some scientists say that the insects' summer crooning may become a thing of the past.
CDC lists oil of lemon eucalyptus as comparable to DEET for mosquitoes
Even the CDC recommends this botanical ingredient as comparable to DEET for repelling disease-carrying insects.
Protecting plants by deterrents instead of killing insects
"It's not just about the bees, it's about the survival of humanity"
Which virus-bearing mosquitoes live near you? Check these maps
The CDC has updated its US range maps to show the which mosquitoes are moving where.
12 ways to get rid of slugs naturally
Get rid of slugs (and snails) without the use of pesticides that harm beneficial creatures and pollute our waterways.
Pesticide Fipronil in egg scandal shocks Europeans
Our food chain can so easily be disrupted, as this example of eggs contaminated with a pesticide not approved to be anywhere near a chicken proves
Ben & Jerry's ice cream contains traces of controversial herbicide
Ice cream lovers aren't happy to learn they're licking glyphosate on hot summer days.
Praying mantises released for pest control are hunting hummingbirds
New research documents that mantises worldwide are eating small birds; in the US, invasive mantis species are devouring hummingbirds.
One of the biggest problems with Mother's Day flowers
A new study finds altered neurological performance in children during peak pesticide spraying for the Mother's Day flower harvest.
Top 12 pesticide-contaminated fruits and vegetables
And the 15 cleanest, according to the annual ranking from Environmental Working Group.
More than 600 kinds of creepy-crawlies found in American homes
From mites to cockroaches, our house dust is literally crawling with things.
The 20 most popular reader's photos of 2019
From ancient trees and strange sea slugs to odd and adorable insects plus more, our most popular reader's photos of the year are a tribute to Mother Nature.
Happy Simcoe Day: How good planning changed a country (and made room for a lot of Americans)
220 years ago a lot of people wanted to move to Canada. Here is how they were welcomed.
The Ontario Beer Store is a model for the circular economy
It's being killed the name of "convenience."
What makes a bike-friendly town?
In which I argue that bike-friendliness should be measured by how well a town caters to its most practical, regular, and vulnerable of users, not tourists.
Right wing populists want to kill us all
They cry "freedom" for them to smoke, drink, drive really fast and fry the planet. Everyone else, get out of the way.
Ontario government cancels program to plant 50 million trees
Who needs trees when you can have beer in corner stores?
150-year-old wood used to build Riverwood Acoustics' sound system of tomorrow
Canadian birch hauled out of Canada's Ottawa River adds resonance and tone.
Passive House and permaculture are a perfect mix
A lot of the permaculture design principles make just as much sense for buildings.
Ontario's Doug Ford bans bans on clothesline bans
No green energy issue is too small for the rampaging Premier.
Ontario's Doug Ford's proposed natural gas expansion is like putting 42,560 cars on the road
Just what we needed in what was a decarbonizing planet.
The Reach Guesthouse combines Passive House performance with classic beauty
Architect Jonathan Kearns shows that you can have it all.
Everywhere you look, the urban-rural divide is changing politics and stopping climate action
Populist leaders are more interested in cutting the price of gas than they are in stopping climate change.
The Tesla Supercharger at the end of the Universe
Does it make sense putting this in a small town up on the Canadian Shield?
Ontario is getting steamed over milk
One newspaper says there is no difference between organic and conventional milk; another says the test pool is far too small to make that conclusion.
It's time to stop prioritizing cars over kids
How many crushings or deaths will it take for a school to realize that large moving vehicles and small kids on foot are not meant to mingle in the same confined space?
Inside the completed McEwan School of Architecture in Sudbury
It's partially built out of Cross Laminated Timber; it "immerses students in this relatively new product."
Ontario's GreenBelt could be turned into "largest condo farm this province has ever seen"
Doug Ford, now leading in the polls, wants to open up more of it for development.
Ontario Conservative politicians running from carbon taxes
Going green is going too far in the Province of Ontario
Six more weeks of winter, says Canada's famous albino groundhog
Wiarton Willie saw his shadow this morning, which means the cold weather will stick around.
Sainte-Marie among the Hurons is lit by 5,000 candles at Christmastime
Called 'First Light,' this now-famous event at Ontario's first European-built settlement is a special experience for the whole family.
Loyal Canadians still want French's ketchup
Almost two years after a ketchup snub sparked a patriotic backlash in Ontario, sales for French's ketchup remain strong.
Do hydrogen powered trains make sense?
They actually might in certain cases, using off-peak power at peak times.
Province of Ontario introduces new penalties for careless drivers causing death
Drivers used to get away with murder; new legislation is much stronger.
Industrial spaces and condos are neighbors in this Vancouver development with shipping container look
Another look at a controversial housing project.
Trolleytrucks are back
An electrifying story from Germany, where they are wiring the autobahn.