Winter is a great time to view the diversity of foliose Bangiales on our shore. This is the time of year these foliose species complete their sexual cycle. Many of these species, grow on high intertidal bedrock in the dead of winter.
I had never before been out on a Bryoforay, so I had no idea what to expect when my supervisor invited me to one. She explained that the trip would involve exploring trails and various forested area in search of interesting plants, so of course I agreed to go!
FestEVOLVE is back for 2016 and we are having a celebration of epic proportions for Darwin’s birthday!
The 6th Annual Schofield Bryophyte and Lichen foray was held in Squamish, BC in early September, 2015. The small group of participants, included two students and one six-year old budding bryologist, visited various moist and wet sites in the area.
September 30, 2015 – February 14, 2016 | Dive into the underwater world of whales with Colleen McLaughlin Barlow’s breathtaking paintings and extraordinary crystal sculptures of whale bones.
Would you eat insects? That’s a question we asked guests at our Bugs & Beer night last week. The answer? A resounding yes! We thoroughly enjoyed the variety of seasoned grasshoppers and mealworms kindly sent from Next Millennium Farms.
This week, I completed a 4-month curatorial apprenticeship job-shadowing the Cowan Tetrapod Collection (CTC) Curatorial Assistant, Ildiko Szabo. I learned all aspects of tetrapod museum curation from preparing bird and mammal specimens, accessioning, t
Rockfishes are spiny-rayed fishes within the genera Sebastes. There are about 108 species worldwide. Ben Frable, of Oregon State University, and colleagues recently described a new species of rockfish, the deacon rockfish. There are about 108 species w
