FOSSIL HUNTRESS

Desmostylus, Royal Ontario Museum Collection The late Oligocene Sooke Formation outcrops at several coastal localities along the South-w...

Look at this lovely maternal bond between an adult Humpback whale female, Megaptera novaeangliae , and her young. Humpbacks are a species ...

This chunky monkey is a Short-beaked Echidna, Tachyclossus aculeatus , which grows to about the size of an overweight cat. They are native t...

Koala, Phasscolarctos cinereus , are truly adorable marsupials native to Australia. These cuddly "teddy bears" are not bears at al...

 

The Giant's Causeway is a spectacular expanse of interlocking hexagonal basalt columns formed from volcanic eruptions during the Paleo...

A perfect Kepplerites from the collections of Emil Black.

Bayle and Zeiller Atlas, Planche LIX, 1878

Mike Trask, Titan occidentalis, Fernie, BC Titanites occidentalis, the second of these giant ammonite fossils recovered at Coal Mountain...

Koala, Phasscolarctos cinereus , are truly adorable marsupials native to Australia. These cuddly "teddy bears" are not bears at al...

This lovely ocean dancer with her long delicate tentacles or lappets and thicker rouched oral arms is a jellyfish.  Her brethren are playing...

Hiking in BC, both grizzly and black bear sightings are common. Nearly half the world's population, some 25,000 grizzlies, roam the Ca...

Trilobites — in all their many wonderful forms — lived in our ancient oceans for more than 270 million years. The last of their lineage went...

Weasels are mammals of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae. The genus Mustela includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets a...

 

Interested in getting out on the water? Consider an easy day paddle or overnight to Widgeon Estuary. The paddling is easy. You can do the ...

Riomaggiore or Rimazuu in the local Ligurian language is a lovely seaside village that can trace its roots to the good taste of Monks who ...