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Indigenous food sovereignty in the Peace

June 6, 2017
Introduction from the Editor When most people think about museums they think of items from the past, collections from history. Today in BC, many researchers are working to not only preserve the past but to help protect the future. In …
by Julian Napoleon | Published May 18th, 2017 | Zero comments

Asia in America

January 1, 2015
During most of the Pleistocene Epoch (about 2.5 million to 10 thousand years ago), almost all of Canada was covered in great sheets of ice. The ice came and went a number of times, but it was a dominant force for hundreds of thousands of years. All this time, however, the land of the far northwest—central Yukon and Alaska—remained ice-free and was joined to eastern Siberia by an isthmus of land as broad as Alaska—the Bering Land Bridge. This vast expanse of tundra and grassy steppes is known to geographers and biologists as Beringia.
by Syd Cannings & Rob Cannings | Published December 12th, 2014 | Zero comments

Across the Bering Strait

April 4, 2014
In June 1993, I jetted westward from Anchorage, Alaska, across the Bering Sea (Fig. 1). As the hills of Chukotka appeared to starboard, a thrill of anticipation ran through me. This trip to Far-eastern Russia was vital to my research …
by Dr. Rob Cannings | Published March 21st, 2014 | Zero comments

Tracking Singing Insects

May 5, 2014
Have you ever been told that crickets can throw their voices, making it seem like the song is coming from another location? This is not true, but many believe it. A cricket’s song is meant to advertise his location so …
by James Miskelly | Published March 21st, 2014 | Zero comments

The Curiosity

April 4, 2014
All Robber Flies are fierce predators of other flying insects – even bees and other robber flies. This genus mimics bumblebees by being very hairy and similarly coloured, and their resemblance to stinging insects protects them from potential predators.
by Claudia Copley | Published November 28th, 2013 | Zero comments

Caddisfly Architecture

April 4, 2014
Caddisflies belong to the insect order Trichoptera, which means “hairy wings”. Although small, moth-like, and mostly obscure as adults, when immature, caddisflies are among the most bizarre and wonderful inhabitants of fresh water habitats – from tumbling creeks to soupy, plant-choked ponds.
by Dr. Rob Cannings | Published November 18th, 2013 | Zero comments

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