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Climate change, more seals and effective conservation in the United States are possible explanations for the apparent increase in great white sharks in Atlantic Canada, according to a newly-published paper in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Source

DAKAR, SENEGAL -- Conservationists have captured the first images of a group of rare Cross River gorillas with multiple babies in Nigeria's Mbe mountains, proof that the subspecies once feared to be extinct is reproducing amid protection efforts. Source

As masks become mandatory indoors in Toronto to fight the spread of COVID-19, and other parts of the GTA look to follow suit, some businesses are turning to artificial intelligence to make sure customers are following the rules. Source

High water in Stump Lake, B.C, about 40 kilometres south of Kamloops, has residents calling on the Thompson Nicola Regional District to remove an old dam at the outlet of the lake in order to allow the water to drain, which would help save their properties. Source

HONOLULU -- Researchers say a recently discovered species of seaweed is killing large patches of coral on once-pristine reefs and is rapidly spreading across one of the most remote and protected ocean environments on earth. A study from the University of Hawaii and others says the seaweed is spreading more rapidly than anything they've seen in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, a nature reserve that stretches more than 1,300 miles (2,092 kilometres) north of the main Hawaiian Islands. Source

Driving to her friend's house for a barbecue, Johanna Dalton mentioned to her partner that she hadn't seen a bear since moving to the Crowsnest Pass three years ago. That streak came to an end shortly after. Source

MOSCOW, RUSSIA -- Russian authorities have warned residents of regions near Mongolia against hunting marmots but stressed there was no risk of bubonic plague spreading across the country. Russian public health authorities appealed to residents of the mountainous Tuva and Altai regions following last week's confirmation of two bubonic plague cases in Mongolia. Source

TORONTO -- Early risers in the northern hemisphere will be treated to a view of a recently identified comet, which has suddenly become visible to the unaided eye, as it hurdles towards Earth. Comet NEOWISE – technically called C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) – was first discovered on March 27 by the Near Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) space telescope launched by NASA in 2009. Source

EDMONTON -- Grizzly bears are doing their best to get along with people, but it still isn't enough. Newly published research assessing more than 40 years of data concludes that without large wilderness areas to replenish their numbers, the bears would disappear from landscapes they share with humans. Source

Temperatures in Arctic Siberia soared to a record average for June amid a heat wave that is stoking some of the worst wildfires the region has ever known, European Union data showed on Tuesday. Global temperatures last month were on par with a 2019 record, and "exceptional warmth" was recorded over Arctic Siberia, the EU's earth observation program Copernicus said, part of a trend scientists are calling a "warning cry. Source