Conventional plastic is made from oil. The production of plastic is not sustainable, and it can contain substances we know are dangerous if ingested.

Secondary forests play an important part in carbon capture because they tend to absorb a larger amount of carbon than they lose to the atmosphere. 

For the first time since records began, the main nursery of Arctic sea ice in Siberia has yet to start freezing in late October. 

An area double the size of the UK is used to produce dry pet food for cats and dogs each year, a study shows.

In the fertile river valley along the border of modern-day India and Pakistan, the Indus Valley Civilization built some of the largest cities in the ancient world.

How do you bring a small forest in the middle of a city to students around the world? Two biology professors at the University of Guelph have created a Digital Forest for just such a purpose.

The government of Ontario is investing $6.52-million in University of Guelph research to help find ways to prevent or control costly crop diseases and pests, improve soil health and water quality and quantity and boost productivity and profitability for farmers.

A team of NASA researchers used satellite and radar imagery to help officials in Iowa better understand the effects of a derecho that ripped through the state in August.

The roughly 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska is rich in oil and gas resources – and rich in native fish populations.

A Texas A&M-Galveston professor is developing a tool to save whales from colliding with ships.