As the October moon swells and jack-o’-lanterns grin from porches across BC, creatures of the night take center stage. Among...
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A raven circles low overhead, scanning its maritime surroundings. When it banks in my direction, I can see it’s scanning...
For many people, a pigeon is a messy, sometimes noisy urban bird that fouls buildings and statues, whereas a dove...
The spirit bear, also known as a Kermode bear, is a colour phase of black bear with cream-coloured fur and...
On a brisk winter day in February 2019, then-provincial wildlife veterinarian Helen Schwantje and Chris Proctor, senior wildlife biologist with...
Beavers (Castor canadensis) are often thought of in popular culture as industrious rodents that gnaw trees and build dams. But...
Tucked away in the misty mountains of Vancouver Island lives one of the rarest mammals in North America – and...
“How many people can say they have something wild that comes home from 500 miles away? I dropped the wife...
Quite a while ago, when I was in Boy Scouts, my small team took the name Wolverine Patrol. As 12-year-olds,...
British Columbia is full of snakes. There, I said it. Some of you, mostly nature-minded people, will eagerly continue reading...
Where Haida Gwaii tapers to a storm-scoured point, a scatter of low, wave-washed rocks called the Kerouard Islands cradles one...
If you’ve never seen a geoduck before, prepare to be surprised. Native to the coastal waters of British Columbia, the...
