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Invasive goldfish seen swimming under ice at Okanagan pond

'We have NEVER documented this before': Tofino tourism operator witnesses killer whales attacking humpback

Encouraging signs in Huu-ay-aht rivers, despite salmon declines elsewhere

The wall lizard invasion of Vancouver Island

More than 200 illegal fishing nets seized on Fraser River by fishery officers

'Once in a millennium': Record-breaking rogue wave measured off Vancouver Island

Fisherman snags barracuda off Vancouver Island in rare encounter

Velella velella Strandings in Tofino

Gooseneck Barnacles

BC Hydro reservoirs see record low rain across Vancouver Island

Victoria broke its record for driest November in more than 25 years

Tofino fish farms reporting mass die-offs due to harmful algae

Young Beaver (Castor canadensis) a Long Way from Nearest Known Beaver Pond

Hypothermic tropical sea turtle rescued from waters near Port Alberni

Declining Snow and Summer Rain in the Alberni Valley

Guadalupe Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) off Tofino

Booming anchovy population helps salmon, orcas

Sea Lice Plagues Return and Threat to Wild Salmon Increases

Trees Broken, Uprooted, Toppled by Wind

Hurricane force winds recorded near Tofino

The warm-water blob is back off the B.C. coast

Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) in Campbell River

Thick smoke in the Alberni Valley, lasting days

Ship Creek Almost Dry

European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) invaded our neighborhood and city

Old-growth logging in Nahmint Valley

Ahousaht Harbor: Swimming Hole Monitoring

Chordgrass (Spartina sp.) eradication at Goose Spit

Paper Mill Dam: Swimming Hole Monitoring

Wildfire smoke leads to weather alert on Vancouver Island

B.C.'s coastal sea star population in increasingly hot water

Millions of tropical sea creatures invade waters off B.C. coast

Thousands of Dead Red Rock Crabs (Cancer productus) on Beach

Unusual Turbidity in Sarita River

Toxic algae blamed for die-off at 2 salmon farms in Clayoquot Sound

Whales Are Dying Off North America’s West Coast

Abundant Japanese Wireweed (Sargassum muticum)

Thousands of small seabirds wash up on West Coast in die-off mystery

Ocean acidity wipes out 10 million scallops near Qualicum Beach

Latest IHN outbreak forces cull at Millar Channel fish farm

Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) swallowing sand and pebbles

Too Many Sea Otters?

‘Receding before our eyes:’ Vancouver Island glaciers likely to be all gone by mid-century

‘A lot of salmon died’: Ahousaht Guardians look to watershed restoration amid B.C.’s dangerously dry summer

‘It’s pretty dire’: Vancouver Island salmon under threat from climate change-induced droughts