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Contributor Dr. Gavin Hanke

Sub-Surface Slavery

December 12, 2014
Recently I had a student working on a research paper detailing new species records for BC's marine fishes. He examined Dreamers and Sea Devils - members of the deep-sea anglerfishes.
Published December 10th, 2014 | Zero comments

Collections from Compost

January 1, 2015
A rat in a compost pile is nothing new for Victoria. Sometimes I set a small mine-field of traps in the compost. A rat may jump clear of one trap, but they commonly land on a nearby trap and their fate is sealed.
Published December 10th, 2014 | Zero comments

Finding Time

August 8, 2014
“If we do not ever take time, how can we ever have time?” said The Merovingian. Everything we do is a trade-off between what we want to do, and what we have to do. I am lucky enough to have …
Published July 22nd, 2014 | Zero comments

Marrying a Museum Curator Sounded Like a Good Idea

April 4, 2014
It was my first date with the man I married two years later. Gavin took me to a pet shop where we bought a fish. Not just any fish, a Weather Loach, the same species introduced into the waters around Chilliwack …
Published March 21st, 2014 | Zero comments

The Collector

April 4, 2014
You have to consider the effects on your spouse and kids when collecting anything - although model building is a clean hobby relatively speaking. There are worse things a guy could do in his spare time.
Published November 22nd, 2013 | One comment

Citizen Science

April 4, 2014
Some of the best observers are not scientists. Anyone can be a citizen scientist, anyone can provide valuable “intel” on nature, we just need to take time to listen.
Published November 22nd, 2013 | Zero comments

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