We Three Kings
Keep your eyes peeled for deep-sea fishes while strolling along our shores. In the last month, three King-of-the-Salmon (Trachipterus altivelis) have washed up […]
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Bridging the Ocean
I gave a speech in Beijing last month to mark the opening of the Canada-China Cultural Dialogue. “British Columbia is Canada’s Pacific province. […]
One Fish, Two Fish, Big Fish, New
In 2014, a Louvar and a Finescale Triggerfish were found in BC – a double-header of interesting southern fishes in our waters. But […]
100 Meter Dash
The Doncaster population of the European Wall Lizard probably is 6 years old based on conversations I have had with home owners. In […]
21 – Blackfish Blackjack
We now have 21 orca specimens at the Royal BC Museum—the latest to arrive was T-171, a 6.07 meter female Biggs Orca which […]
Paul Kane Sketch Brought to Life at the Royal BC Museum
In the 1970s, I was aware of an old lantern slide in the Royal BC Museum ethnology collection that I later identified as […]