Humans are unsustainable super-predators
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…
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…
Sadie Parr and Chris Genovali/Calgary Herald
Grey wolves in Alberta are exposed to lethal threats from every angle, including aerial gunning, neck snares, and poison-baits that lure wolves to excruciating deaths…
Chris Genovali and Paul Paquet/Vancouver Sun
The senseless killing of Cecil the lion has catalyzed a worldwide discussion about the gratuitous trophy hunting of large carnivores…
The Great Bear Rainforest is home to over 2,500 salmon runs from more than 5,000 spawning populations. Many of these rivers are still intact, offering a unique opportunity to study the linkages between salmon and the larger food web. However, salmon in this region are faced with increasing threats, many of which have depressed and extirpated salmon populations throughout the Pacific Northwest. Some of our previous work to understand ecology, status of, and threats to coastal salmon populations is linked below.
Join Raincoast’s Nathalie Chambers and Lori Waters for the 2015 Peoples Paddle for the Salish Sea…
From grizzlies and humpbacks to young Raincoasters and nudibranchs, follow the annual northward transit of Raincoast’s research vessel Achiever from Nanaimo to Bella Bella…
Among the most studied of large wild mammals, wolves will always hold a special fascination for our supporters, the Raincoast staff, and me…
Six conservation groups are calling on DFO to act on unprecedented river conditions by reducing mixed stock fisheries and protecting spawning salmon…
Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali, Special to Vancouver Sun
Raincoast discusses the future of Canada’s endangered southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea…
Raincoast scientists publish a comment in the Cambridge journal ‘Environmental Conservation’: the use of strychnine to poison wolves is unacceptable.
Large carnivores on our coast are not just charismatic, they are critical components of coastal food webs; they keep landscapes functioning and species abundance from imbalance…