Every year, from August through October, people around the world will find their way to a Salmon bearing river or... Read More
Meet a B.C. ant with some surprising eating habits. There are vampires among us. But unlike the pallid, fang-toothed bloodsuckers... Read More
A fungus turns infected ants into the walking dead. Dracula ants aren’t the only peculiar creatures underfoot [see “Six-legged vampires“]—there may also... Read More
They can be as large as a Smart car, and sometimes they’re even white. Larry Pynn counts the quirky ways... Read More
A rare old-growth deciduous forest on Vancouver Island. When most of us think of British Columbia’s old-growth forest we imagine... Read More
The western bluebird disappeared from Vancouver Island almost 20 years ago—likely the victim of habitat and prey loss and competition with... Read More
Recently O’Neill returned to the region to find the cub again and was pleased to report that he didn’t leave... Read More
Bruce Kirkby, a Kimberley-based writer and photographer, collects a lot of extraordinary experiences (a 40-day trip along the remote north... Read More
Victoria-based science writer Jude Isabella has a deep-rooted fascination with critters, big and small. For the Fall 2013 feature article “The secret lives of... Read More
It’s approaching Halloween, a time to consider creatures of the night, such as British Columbia’s magnificent great horned owl, one... Read More
While working on the Fall 2013 article “The secret lives of bears,” Victoria-based science writer Jude Isabella immersed herself in current research... Read More
Earlier this week, the Vancouver Sun reported that Roosevelt elk have been spotted in the Lower Mainland several times this summer along... Read More
