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Canadian researchers have discovered a new kind of organism that's so different from other living things that it doesn't fit into the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom, or any other kingdom used to classify known organisms. Source

Swallows are evolving smaller, more manoeuvrable wings to help them dodge buildings and vehicles. Some fish are growing mouths that are smaller and harder to hook. Large animals from caribou to tuna are disappearing. Meanwhile, it's boom time for anything not too fussy about where it lives or what it eats. Source

OAKFIELD, N.Y. -- Cows that can withstand hotter temperatures. Cows born without pesky horns. Pigs that never reach puberty. A company wants to alter farm animals by adding and subtracting genetic traits in a lab. Source

The brutal Saskatchewan windchill didn't seem to bother the donkey and the horse as they picked away at a bale of hay on a small farm northwest of Regina. You'd never know the pair had only lived together for a couple weeks, or that they saved each other's lives. Source

Hundreds of sea lions have descended upon the waters of Cowichan Bay off the east coast of southern Vancouver Island this fall. And while they return to this area every year to grab some grub and lounge about, their sheer numbers have taken many locals and tourists by surprise. Source

Hundreds of sea lions have descended upon the waters of Cowichan Bay off the east coast of southern Vancouver Island this fall. And while they return to this area every year to grab some grub and lounge about, their sheer numbers have taken many locals and tourists by surprise. Source

Newfoundland and Labrador is in the throes of the "most intense storm" on the planet, according to a meteorologist in Gander. Wild, whipping winds gusting upwards of 130 km/h are causing huge waves, delays, cancellations and closures across the province. Source

Back in October, Justin Wheler, Executive Director of Regulatory and Compliance at Alberta Climate Change, told a symposium at the University of Alberta that if year to date trends hold, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electricity generation in the province are expected to decline by a net eight megatonnes for this calendar year. Source

TOKYO -- Japan's minister in charge of cybersecurity is in the spotlight for acknowledging he has never used a computer and making comments showing he has no idea what a USB port might be. Ruling party lawmaker Yoshitaka Sakurada, also in charge of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, was replying Wednesday to questions from independent and opposition legislators. Source

At an event in New Delhi Monday as reported by The Next Web, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the company is strongly considering an edit button -- but just to fix small typos. Source