Learning about crabs
Learning about ‘Kìnaxv (crabs) on Oceans Day with the Bella Bella community school.
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Doug Neasloss talks about new research on Spirit bears on CBC As It Happens
Doug Neasloss, Resource Stewardship Director for the Kitasoo/Xai’xais Nation and co- author of the study, did an interview on CBC As It Happens. Listen here.
Vellella vellella
Have you seen these jellyfish washing up on BC beaches this summer? We saw this one on Calvert Island. They’re called By-the-wind-sailor, sea raft, purple sail, or little sail – or by their scientific name Velella velella. They eat plankton and are eaten by nudibranchs. It looks like just one individual but it’s actually a whole colony of all-male OR all-female polyps! Some polyps are in charge of reproduction while others are for protection.
Raincoast Conservations’s newest doctor, Dr Kyle Artelle
Meet Raincoast’s newest doctor. Yesterday Dr. Kyle Artelle successfully defended…
“Butterfly shells” on Calvert Island
Found this chiton plate on Calvert Island, on the way to Koeye. Chitons (a type of mollusc) have eight over-lapping plates on their back; it’s easy to see why the plates are also called “butterfly shells”. Did you know: Chitons have magnetite-covered teeth, which is unique among animals!
Raincoast presents Coastal Insights tomorrow on Consilience
Tomorrow (Wednesday, June 10) at 1pm our Coastal Insights episode will focus on Consilience – Braiding Indigenous Knowledge and Academic Science.
