For their size, barnacles possess the longest penis of any animal (up to eight times their body length). A necessity when you’re an animal stuck to a rock during your reproductive phase.
You’ve probably seen it in the news: the bees are in trouble. Many of the earth’s 20,000 other species of bee are experiencing population declines, and these insects provide essential pollination services not only to crops but also to wild plants.
You’ve probably seen it in the news: the bees are in trouble. Many of the earth’s 20,000 other species of bee are experiencing population declines, and these insects provide essential pollination services not only to crops but also to wild plants.
My giant buddies: ocean sunfish and the joy of studying them. They idle about at the ocean surface like lazy orbs, occasionally waving at the world without haste. They look like strange dinosaur fish from the deep, yet they are ultra-modern by evolutionary design. It is of course the strangely shaped ocean sunfish, Mola mola, […]
Jellyfish have been in the oceans for 600 million years – they are one of the oldest animal lineages that are still around today. Unfortunately, jellyfish are often seen as pests because of the negative interactions that they have with people. In fact, jellyfish are integral for healthy ecosystems, but they don’t get much credit […]
Photo: Basking Shark / Chris Train Not that long ago, Basking Sharks, the second largest fish in the world were a common occurrence along the west coast of Vancouver Island. The last time this species was regularly observed on the BC coast was in Clayoquot Sound in the early 1990s. In this presentation Scott will […]
Rorquals - what a beautiful word, it rolls around your mouth before unfurling on your tongue. Rorquals - what beautiful creatures, the ethereal giants of the deep. Including the two largest animal species on planet Earth, rorquals are a group of baleen whale species which are characterised by deep ventral grooves that extend from the […]