Using poop to identify individual killer whales
DNA can answer many questions about a killer whale’s health and family tree.
Investigate and inform
Indepth essays and expert analyses from our researchers.
What happened to Canada’s plastic ban?
Canadians — and our oceans — need robust protection from plastic pollution.
Preliminary study of water quality in streams discharging into Fulford Harbour raise questions about land-based pollution
The key to restoring and protecting aquatic environments for people and wildlife is a high quality monitoring program upon which communities and managers may act.
The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: Protect and connect
Connectivity is vitally important at all sorts of scales over time and space.
Open letter regarding killer whale behaviour around boats
This letter urges caution in interpreting the causes and nature of the whales’ behaviours.
The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: All about fungi
In this article, Dr. Shannon Berch and Dr. Paul de la Bastide explain some of the deep relationships between fungi and other species and why it is so essential that we learn more about them.
Biosolids pose a threat to healthy waters
Biosolids are nutrient rich, organic solid or semi-solid materials recovered from wastewater processing and their management is a growing challenge.
Wolves, whales, and elephants: animal personalities, culture, and conservation
How studying animal culture can inform conservation.
The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: So much more than just forests
Ecological communities around the Salish Sea range from iconic conifer-dominated forests to grasslands. None of these diverse communities recognize political boundaries, so how do habitats on the American side of the border compare to those in southern BC?
Wolf Stories: Sustaining the wellbeing of people, animals, and nature (Part 2)
PAN Works is a new ethics think tank dedicated to the wellbeing of animals. Drs. William Lynn, Kristin Stewart, Liv Baker, and Francisco Santiago-Ávila discuss the place of science and ethics in sustaining the wellbeing of people, animals, and nature. This is the second in a two-part interview. As a global platform for ethicists, scholars,…
Embracing complexity: Exploring carbon sequestration in two highly interconnected ecosystems
The Coastal Carnivores and Carbon project seeks to explore the role salmon abundance and large carnivore foraging activities play in carbon sequestration in coastal ecosystems in BC.
Wolf Stories: Sustaining the wellbeing of people, animals, and nature (Part 1)
PAN Works is a new ethics think tank dedicated to the wellbeing of animals. Drs. William Lynn, Kristin Stewart, Liv Baker, and Francisco Santiago-Ávila discuss the place of science and ethics in sustaining the wellbeing of people, animals, and nature. As a global platform for ethicists, scholars, and civil society, PAN Works cultivates compassion, respect…