FOSSIL HUNTRESS

Dall's Porpoise These delightfully friendly and super smart fellows are Dall's porpoise.  In the Kwak̓wala language of the Kwakiutl ...

This lovely with her colourful body is an octopus. Like ninety-seven percent of the world's animals, she lacks a backbone.  To support t...

This fuzzy yellow and black striped fellow is a bumblebee in the genus  Bombus sp.,  family Apidae. We know him from our gardens where we se...

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 ...

Look how epic this little guy is!  He is a crab — and if you asked him, the fiercest warrior that ever lived. While that may not be strictly...

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

Left, right, one, two... Theropod Tracks Left, right, one, two... the wonderfully preserved theropod trackway you see here was found by eagl...

This little cutie is a hermit crab and he is wearing a temporary home borrowed from one of our mollusc friends.  His body is a soft, squishy...

Indian Residential Schools (Click to Enlarge) More than 150,000 First Nation, Inuit and Metis children were forced to attend Indian Resident...

Bears are one of my favourite mammals. Had they evolved in a slightly different way, we might well have chosen them as pets instead of the d...

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...

Irridescent, quick of wing and oh, so beautiful — the wee lovers of nectar who grace our blossoms are hummingbirds. In the Kwak̓wala languag...