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Cod: The Ecological History of the North Atlantic Fishery

The devastation of many of the greatest North Atlantic cod stocks, particularly those of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Grand Banks, has become an icon for the unsustainable relation between human ...

Stain Upon the Sea, A

On the West Coast, few subjects are as controversial as salmon farming. Every week, new studies raise alarming questions about the safety of farmed fish and the risk farms pose to the environment. But ...

Beyond the Whales

By (author) Alexandra Morton
Categories: Nature

Through a selection of her stunning photographs, Alexandra Morton portrays life on the central British Columbia coast. She arrived in the area in 1984 as a whale researcher, and at first, she was absorbed ...

Jungle Bugs

During roughly 400 million years on this planet, one million species of insects have developed with a great diversity of shape and color to protect them from predators. Bruce Purser spent years traveling ...

Game in the Garden

By (author) George Colpitts
Categories: History of the Americas

The shared use of wild animals has helped to determine social relations between Native peoples and newcomers. In later settlement periods, controversy about subsistence hunting and campaigns of local ...

The Wolf

By (author) Paula Wild
Categories: Nature

Through a skillful blend of natural history and in-depth interviews with First Nations elders, scientists, and wildlife officials, as well as compelling first-hand accounts of encounters with wild wolves, ...