Wildlife Ecology & Conservation in a New Media world order
What kind of parent do you want to be? I always thought I'd be calm and supportive, and patient. Always teaching my kids about my love of nature. Much of the time I am that kind of parent. We look at plants We watch birds We study the behaviour of animals around us We go... Continue Reading →
We live on Vancouver Island and we're surrounded by temperate rain forests. So, you can expect that it rains a lot. Our winters are typically green rather than white, in fact. Which is great if you like to stay active outdoors throughout the year. When we lived in Edmonton, it was a real chore to... Continue Reading →
Our Siamese cat vanished from our yard a month ago. We've put up posters all over the neighbourhood. We've talked to what feels like everyone in this city. We have an ad in the paper. I can be found walking around streets in the dark with a flashlight, shaking a bag of kitty treats, and... Continue Reading →
When you want to run an experiment, you not only have to get funding from a granting agency or foundation, you also need to satisfy Animal Care or Human Ethics regulations. The requirement for each depends on what kind of research you're doing. If you want to figure out the distribution patterns of gophers, you'll... Continue Reading →
Alina C Fisher 