Sonya Buyting loves to talk about science — a love she says has helped shape her entire career. Sonya is an award-winning science journalist, producer, and occasional senior producer and guest host for CBC’s weekly national radio science show, Quirks & Quarks. She’s also worked on other…
Although the frilled dogwinkle (Nucella lamellosa) is a well-studied intertidal snail, questions have remained regarding the purpose of some variations in shell form found commonly in individuals of this species. The function of axial lamellae, an external shell structure giving some individuals of this species a frilled appearance, has remained a mystery. As a part…
Appetite for destruction: Invasive European green crabs in Barkley Sound eat faster and grow bigger
Recreational fishing is popular throughout the world and has significant socioeconomic impacts. Catch-and-release fishing is beneficial for a number of reasons, but the immediate impact of hook removal is poorly understood. Melissa Thompson, a University of Alberta undergraduate student, during our 2017 Biology of Marine Fishes course (co-taught by Tim Higham and Sean Rogers), caught…
Bob Holmes has been a professional science writer for more than 25 years. He is a regular correspondent for New Scientist magazine, an international newsweekly of science that reaches more than three quarters of a million readers worldwide. He has also written for magazines including Science, Knowable, Health, USNews & World Report, and National Wildlife, and for the San Francisco Chronicle and other…
Deborah Curran is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law and School of Environmental Studies, and Executive Director of the Environmental Law Centre at the University of Victoria. Deborah’s work focuses on governance – how we make decisions about the environment and who has authority (or thinks they do) to make those decisions. As…
Multiple body parts must work together to accomplish a task. For example, the coordination of visual and locomotor systems is critical for animals that hunt for food. For fishes, both swimming and feedings systems must work together to capture prey. How this process impacts survival, or how it differs depending on ecological conditions, is…
I study the causes and consequences of biodiversity change in marine ecosystems, with the goal of developing science-based tools to inform conservation and restoration actions under global change. My students and I conduct collaborative research using a range of methods in the field and lab—behavioural observation, manipulative field experiments, theoretical and statistical models, and time series analyses along…