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.
Contributor Dr. Gavin Hanke
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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.