FOSSIL HUNTRESS

Stemec suntokum , a Fossil Plopterid from Sooke, BC We all love the idea of discovering a new species—especially a fossil species lost to ti...

Walk along any rocky beach on the Pacific coast after a storm, and you’ll likely find a treasure trove of kelp washed ashore—long ribbons of...

Ankylosaur — Armoured Plant-Eating Dinosaur Ankylosaurs were armoured dinosaurs. We find their fossil remains in Cretaceous outcrops in wes...

Dragonflies are graceful, glimmering fliers we see as sparkling bits of colour darting over ponds and streams, but these agile insects have ...

Autumn is a wonderful time to explore Vancouver. It is a riot of yellow, orange and green. The fallen debris you crunch through send up waft...

Bison move across the prairie like living storms, vast and steady, with the weight of centuries in their stride.  Their dark eyes hold a qui...

Modern Whale Vertebrae The air is heavy with salt spray at Muir Creek, just west of Sooke on southern Vancouver Island. Waves tumble over ba...

Cassowary, Casuariiformes Wherever you are in the world, it is likely that you know your local birds. True, you may call them des Oiseaux, p...

Alaska, often called the "Last Frontier," is not only home to staggering wilderness and modern megafauna like bears and moose—it’s...

Seals—those sleek, playful creatures that glide through our oceans and lounge on rocky shores—are part of a remarkable evolutionary story st...

One of the most beautiful areas of Vancouver Island is the town of Port Hardy on the north end of the island.  Just outside Port Hardy furth...

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...

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 ...

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