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Beverly Anne Mathews
On the morning of February 4th, Beverly Anne Mathews (nee Horrex) 86, peacefully passed away...
Owls Are the Best Field Assistants in Biodiversity Studies – by Christian Gronau
Owls Are the Best Field Assistants in Biodiversity Studies – An Appreciation of Owl Pellets Oliver...
June Cameron – by Lynne Jordan
June Cameron (June 10, 1929 – July 24, 2016) With her children around her, June...
Why this Museum Fossil is NOT an Ammonite – by Christian Gronau
(All photographs are the author’s unless indicated otherwise.) Ammonites are probably the most familiar of...
An Early Father’s Day Present – by Mike Manson
This past weekend we booked ourselves onto a wonderful overnight trip aboard the Misty Isles,...
Rough-skinned Newts – by Christian Gronau
(all photographs are author’s, unless indicated otherwise) The rough-skinned newts (Taricha granulosa) of Cortes Island...
The Northwestern Toad – by Christian Gronau
(All photographs are author’s, unless indicated otherwise.) Once known as Bufo borealis, then corrected to...
Easy Way to Grow Spuds – by Mike Manson
Small Farm Canada Magazine – This is a great little magazine with stories and features...
You say Teredo and I say Bankia … – by Christian Gronau
You say Teredo and I say Bankia … … let’s call the whole thing “Shipworm”! ...