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Wednesday, 16 March 2022

QUENSTEDTOCERAS WITH PATHOLOGY

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What you are seeing here is a protuberance extruding from the venter of Quenstedtoceras cf. leachi (Sowerby). It is a pathology in the shel...
Tuesday, 15 March 2022

GARIBALDI: FIRE AND ICE

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Garibaldi Lake having a shy moment tucked behind the cover of wispy clouds.  The alpine meadows here are glorious to hike. Your efforts are ...
Sunday, 13 March 2022

A MIGHTY MARINE MOSASAUR FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND

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Dove Creek Mosasaur (Tylosaur) found by Rick Ross, VIPS This specimen of the teeth and lower jawbone of a large marine reptile was disco...
Saturday, 12 March 2022

PARASAUROLOPHUS WALKERI OF ALBERTA

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Holotype Specimen of P. walkeri , Royal Ontario Museum Closer to home, we can find species of  Parasaurolophus walkeri  in the Dinosaur Par...
Friday, 11 March 2022

TALES OF HAIDA GWAII

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A wreck with tales to tell at Naikoon, Haida Gwaii. The islands have gone by many names. To the people who call the islands home, Haida Gwai...
Thursday, 10 March 2022

BC'S FOSSIL BOUNTY — COMING TO TELUS OPTIK TV AUTUMN 2022

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We live in a diverse province edged by mountains, ocean, forests and streams. While our lens is often on the rugged beauty all around us, be...
Wednesday, 9 March 2022

SQUIRRELS: SHADOW TAILS

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One of the little animals I see daily in Kitsilano, Vancouver, are the very busy, highly comic rodents we know as squirrels.  They spend the...
Tuesday, 8 March 2022

FOSSILS AND FIRST NATION HISTORY OF NOOTKA ISLAND

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The rugged west coast of Vancouver Island offers spectacular views of a wild British Columbia. Here the seas heave along the shores slowly e...
Monday, 7 March 2022

YANASHALLASH: TRACKING THEROPODS

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Left, right, one, two... Theropod Tracks Left, right, one, two... the wonderfully preserved theropod trackway you see here was found by eagl...
Sunday, 6 March 2022

FINDING SMILODON AMONGST THE BONES

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This fierce predator with the luxurious coat is Smilodon fatalis — a compact but robust killer that weighed in around 160 to 280 kg and was...
Friday, 4 March 2022

HORNBY ISLAND: A WEALTH OF NEW FOSSIL FINDS

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Pachydiscus suchiaensis  ID: 18-08-CP-002 Hornby is a glorious place to collect. It is family and dog friendly. You need to dress for beach ...
Thursday, 3 March 2022

HEROES, VILLIANS AND TYRANTS: HORNBY ISLAND

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Villains, tyrants and heroes alike are immortalized in the scientific literature as researchers don each new species a unique scientific nam...
Sunday, 27 February 2022

LATE HETTANGIAN AMMONITE FAUNA FROM TASEKO LAKES

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The late Hettangian ammonite fauna from Taseko Lakes is diverse and relatively well‐preserved. Over three field seasons from 2001-2003, thir...
Saturday, 26 February 2022

LOVE THE WILD: GINKO / LIVING LEGENDS

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Living and Fossil Ginko biloba The gorgeous yellow lobed leaf you see here is from a Maidenhair Tree — Ginko . These lovelies grow slowly bu...
Friday, 25 February 2022

FIRST NATIONS HISTORY IN VANCOUVER'S STANLEY PARK

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Totem, Welcome & Mortuary Poles at Stanley Park If you visit Brockton Point in Stanley Park, there are many carved red cedar First Natio...
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