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Great Auk from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon (1785 – 1851), etched by Robert Havell (1793 – 1878). Source: rawpixel.com We Called them Penguin What the Extinction of the Great Auk Tell Us About How We Manage Species-At-Risk Written by Zack Metcalfe Canada’s eastern shore is much […]
Course Correction What the Shipping Industry needs to do to protect marine animals Written by Alexandra Scaman “We could potentially be watching these species walk toward the edge of extinction and we don’t have the information to know that it’s happening. We certainly don’t have the information to know how […]
Dear Reader, Thank you for joining us as we begin our online magazine series. This page will act as the Table of Contents of the magazine, and will be updated every Tuesday and Thursday as new content is added. We hope you enjoy our new digital first strategy, and thank […]
Break Open and Never Close Again A review of the mournful and inspiring Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy Written by: Jessica Marion Barr Research Digest Lack of Calcium in The Water is Killing Our Coral Reefs An article published in June of 2021 suggests that global coral reef ecosystems are […]
Publisher’s Note By David McConnachie A few years ago, I was having a humorous conversation with a friend who teased me that environmentalists (‘tree-huggers’ was the exact phrase) were so detached from their own humanity because they were obsessed with other things, like trees, whales and the like. I corrected […]
The Mark of Luna Written by: David McConnachie 2026 She wasn’t the biggest wolf pup born to the alpha female. She wasn’t the most aggressive in play or in the fight over food. She was quiet and observing, getting drawn into play by her more rambunctious siblings after half-hearted […]
2026 She wasn’t the biggest wolf pup born to the alpha female. She wasn’t the most aggressive in play or in the fight over food. She was quiet and observing, getting drawn into play by her more rambunctious siblings after half-hearted efforts to dismiss their entreaties to join in the […]
“Across the deep blue waters, the shadow of Newfoundland looms closely. Follow the waterfalls to the bottom of the rocky cliffs where waves crash and tidal pools swirl restlessly. The remains of past lives lie on these shores, hidden only to those who don’t know what to look for. Pieces […]
In 1925, at the Crystal Palace exhibition hall in London, esteemed judge AW Smith of the Lizard Canary Association, was introduced to the newest sensation in the canary world. Mrs. Rogerson of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire had been attempting to create a miniature crested canary and determinedly pursued her goal. At […]
It would be impossible to celebrate the lives of two such magnificent authors without taking a look back at their work. This piece takes a look back at Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy, one of her poems from Dearly, and Graeme Gibson’s The Bedside Book of Birds – An Avian Miscellany, […]
