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Unearthing a deep past

by jd | Jul 4, 2017 | Canada 150, Science/Nature | 14 |

Cross-Canada Chronicles VII (July 3, 2017) Back to the triassic The prairies may be flat, but...

The birds of Stewart Island

by jd | Feb 18, 2015 | Birds, Environment, New Zealand, Science/Nature | 16 |

New Zealand is home to many species of fauna and flora that exist nowhere else on earth. And...

Boys Will Be Boys

by jd | Dec 5, 2014 | Environment, Photographs, Science/Nature, Video | 5 |

Deep in the Canadian forest, young bucks hone their battle techniques Video:

Nature’s Filigree

by jd | Oct 6, 2014 | Environment, Photographs, Science/Nature | 2 |

The common milkweed has become an environmental icon, since it is so critical to the survival of the threatened monarch butterfly population. This one was displaying its filigree in the autumn sun by the the Old Quarry Trail in...

A Winter Poem

by jd | Jan 6, 2014 | Science/Nature | 6 |

A Winter Poem Send out your email Type out your text Ring out the news It’s a polar vortex Back in the day, We all used to know these as “a storm” or, “A bit of a blow.” But now, thanks to the...

Full harvest moon

by jd | Sep 18, 2013 | Science/Nature | 0 |

Rising over the house this evening! What a great universe we find ourselves in! (Canon 7D, 400mm,...

The scientists are angry

by jd | Sep 16, 2013 | Science/Nature | 9 |

It wasn’t your usual protest group. More lab coats than jeans. More shirts and ties than hoodies. Hundreds of scientists converged on Parliament Hill September 16 2013 to voice their concern and alarm over the state of...