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Revenge of the Earthworms

June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 - by Moira Donovan

A gardener’s best friend? Think again. How invasive earthworms are wreaking havoc on our ecosystems

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The Decade in Food

December 25, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From Canada’s farming crisis to our love of Kraft Dinner, here are the ideas, people, and conversations that helped define Canada

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How Conjoined Twins Are Making Scientists Question the Concept of Self

November 6, 2017August 22, 2024 - by Michael Harris

A new documentary asks what it means to share your consciousness

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Illustration by Justine Wong

May 2017 / Science

Inside Canada’s Secret Potato Laboratory

April 13, 2017April 29, 2020 - by Karen Pinchin

When they’re not taste-testing french fries, scientists are building a spud that will outlast us all

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Photograph by Roger LeMoyne

Attack of the Budworms

November 15, 2016May 23, 2025 - by Patti Sonntag

An infestation in northern Quebec threatens to transform Canadian forests as we know them

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Illustration by Michael Byers

When Killer Whales Got a Rebrand

October 6, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Mark Leiren-Young

Fifty years ago, killer whales became known as orcas—and launched the modern conservation movement

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March 2014 / Technology

The Case of the Pink Dolphin

March 5, 2014April 14, 2020 - by David Hayes

Trent University’s wildlife DNA lab equips conservationists with new forensic tools

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