Sunday, 15 June 2025

GULLS ON THE FORESHORE: TSIK'WI

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A gull cries in protest at not getting his share of a meal Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the subord...
Tuesday, 10 June 2025

EXPLORING WRANGELLIA: HAIDA GWAII

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Misty shores, moss covered forests, a rich cultural history, dappled light, fossils and the smell of salt air—these are my memories of Haida...
Tuesday, 3 June 2025

NASAL SACS AND CHILLY WATERS: HOODED SEALS

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If you frequent the eastern coast of North America north of Maine to the western tip of Europe, along the coast of Norway near Svalbard you ...
Friday, 30 May 2025

A RESCUE IN STROMNESS HARBOUR: ERNEST SHACKLETON

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Stromness Whaling Station A cautious seal pokes up his head to greet you as you walk the ground of Stromness, an abandoned whaling station o...
Tuesday, 27 May 2025

KI'A'PILANO: STONE, BONE & WATER

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Cretaceous Plant Material / Three Brothers Formation Vancouver has a spectacular mix of mountains, forests, lowlands, inlets and rivers ...
Tuesday, 20 May 2025

BLUE JAY: KWASKWAS

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If you live in North American, there is a high probability that you have seen or heard the bird song of the Blue jay,  Cyanocitta cristata ...
Monday, 19 May 2025

BRONZE BEAUTY: EIFELIAN PARALEJURUS

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This bronzed beauty is the Middle Devonian, Eifelian (~395 mya) trilobite, Paralejurus rehamnanus (Alberti, 1970) from outcrops near Issoum...
Tuesday, 13 May 2025

SKØKKENMØDDINGER: CaCO3(s) + 2HCl(aq) → CaCl2(aq) + CO2(g) + H2O(l)

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Johnny Scow's Kwakw a k a 'wakw Kwakiutl House, 1918 Many First Nations sites were inhabited continually for centuries. Some...
Friday, 9 May 2025

FOSSILS OF HORNBY ISLAND

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Diplomoceras sp . This gorgeous cream and brown big beast of a heteromorph, Diplomoceras (Diplomoceras) sp. , (Hyatt, 1900) was found within...
Tuesday, 6 May 2025

NATURAL DYES: INDIGO

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Natural dyes are dyes or colourants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The colours they give us range from muddy to vibrant ...
Saturday, 3 May 2025

BARNACLES: KWIT'A'A

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One of the most interesting and enigmatic little critters we find at the seashore are barnacles. They cling to rocks deep in the sea and at ...
Friday, 2 May 2025

AINOCERAS: VANCOUVER ISLAND HETEROMORPH

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A wee baby deep chocolate Ainoceras sp. heteromorph ammonite from Vancouver Island. This adorable corkscrew-shaped ammonite is an extinct m...
Thursday, 1 May 2025

OUR GREAT BEARS: URSAVUS TO NAN

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GREAT BEAR NA̱N Hiking in BC, both grizzly and black bear sightings are common. Nearly half the world's population, some 25,000 Grizzly ...