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Hammerhead worms, which can produce a known paralyzing toxin, have been sighted in some ecospaces across Ontario is recent times.

Wildlife experts, the government and police are all urging people to keep food away from bears as they emerge from hibernation early in the province amidst a mild winter.

Ontario has euthanized 84 raccoons and laid dozens of charges against a wildlife rehabilitation centre it accuses of allowing animals to suffer with no real hope of recovery

A pair of Oakville, Ont. residents, who recently brought home a puppy, admit they're afraid to take a simple stroll with coyotes roaming nearby streets.

Two animal rights organizations have requested a review of a new Ontario law that allows dogs to track down captive coyotes, foxes and rabbits in massive fenced-in pens.

Ontario has unveiled one-time incentives for wildland firefighters and around 100 permanent jobs. The union, however, says it falls far short of what is needed.

Kawartha Conservation says flows and water levels are within 'seasonal range,' yet forecasted rain and snowmelt will produce 'localized runoff and elevated water levels.'

In B.C., a forest-harvest plan is raising hard questions and charged debate about the effects of logging on forest hydrology and flooding.

Three people were fined a total of $9,500 for hunting white-tailed deer without licences and for tagging violations during a two-week outing at a property in Eldorado in 2021.

The Ontario auditor general's office published its annual report Wednesday. Here are some of the highlights.

Court documents from a raccoon sanctuary and the Ontario government paint vastly different pictures of how the animals lived and how a raid went down.

The auditor general said the government did not follow the Environmental Bill of Rights when it made "sweeping changes" to the province's land use and housing framework.

In one incident, Bancroft OPP were requested to assist a conservation officer regarding a suspected impaired driver on Whytes Road.

A B.C. Sierra Club member says wildfire emission totals are “a major problem because we cannot continue to ignore these emissions.”

Launched on Oct. 3, the online petition calls for a shut down of fishing from the Corbett’s Dam in Port Hope to the Robertson Street Bridge (also known as the CN bridge).

After a tough forest fire season in northern Ontario, the province has announced new funding. Some critics, however, say the promises still don't cut it.

Ontario has seized nearly 100 raccoons from a rehab facility that says it has done nothing wrong.

The Cedar LNG project isn't just about jobs. It's a means to another end entirely, Haisla Chief Coun. Crystal Smith tells Global News from the docks of Kitamaat Village.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says a doe was found shot, killed and abanonded on Aides Island on Weslemkoon Lake in mid-August.

The mandate letter written for the province’s environment minister suggests his task was to remove environmental and climate legislation, not to create more of it.