With summer in full swing, many people are heading off for vacation. For those of us in the Pacific Northwest, that often means Vancouver Island, particularly beautiful Victoria and its surroundings.
Nature Guide to the Victoria Region
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Sharks: The Animal Answer Guide
Fascinating as the 1,300-odd species of sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras are, they are still unfortunately among the most popularly misunderstood creatures on the planet. Television and movies, far from harnessing those powerful media’s immense communicative power to help alleviate this problem generally only make it worse.
The Surprisingly Diverse Bumble Bee
Whenever one hears about bees these days, it is almost invariably to the European honey bee, Apis mellifera, that the reference is being made. Indeed, the health of this species is of justifiably great concern, but it is by no means the only species of bee on the planet. Among the approximately 20,000 species of […]
Reviews in Bird Watcher’s Digest
The November / December 2013 issue of Bird Watcher’s Digest contains three of my original reviews – two of books and one of a binocular.