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We are already halfway through the year, and I wanted to share with you some of Raincoast’s achievements thus far. This progress relies on donors like you and the entire team at Raincoast sincerely appreciates your support. Here’s a snapshot of Raincoast’s efforts over the past six months.
In this week’s episode of Coastal Insights, join us as we visit with Albert Marshall, the creator of the two-eyed seeing concept, balancing Indigenous knowledge and contemporary science. We will also be joined by Indigenous fisheries scientist, Andrea Jane Reid, as we examine how this concept is being used today.
Just days before the controversial trophy hunt of grizzly bears resumes in BC on April 01, science offers new insight into the human super predator…
Several years ago, we made the decision to expand our work across the BC coast with a new focus on the Salish Sea…
Cougar trophy hunting in B.C. is linked to human conflicts, according to a study published Monday by researchers from the University of Victoria, the University of Cape Town and the Raincoast Conservation Foundation…
We have been out on the vast flats of the Fraser River estuary with purse seine and beach seine nets to document the arrival and use of different habitats by juvenile salmon.
A letter by Raincoast researchers published in Ocean & Coastal Management documents the controversy around the commercial ‘roe herring’ fishery.
Marc Bekoff/Psychology Today
This morning my email inbox was brimming over with news about an essay published in Science by researchers from UVic and Raincoast…
Emily Chung/CBC News
Humans are predators so unique and extreme that they are “superpredators” in a class apart from other carnivores…
Amina Khan/Los Angeles Times
If you’re looking for the world’s top “superpredator,” look no further than your own reflection…
Randy Shore/Vancouver Sun
Humans have emerged as a unique class of “super-predators,” exploiting other animals in ways seldom seen in the natural world…
A study by Raincoast scientists just released in the journal Science identifies humans as the planet’s super predator…