The Call Of The Wild

With Forager And Chef Lori McCarthy   Posted March 5, 2019 You Can Eat The Woods For Dinner Lori McCarthy gets excited about food. Wild food, traditional food, the food…

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Outport Chronicles: A Weekend in Grates Cove, NL

Photos by Sara Jenkins & John Jamieson This chilly winter weather has us thinking back on some of the fun we had before the snows hit.  This October, as a…

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The Forget-me-nots of Newfoundland and Labrador

By Andus Voitk Posted March 26, 2018 A few years ago John Maunder sent around a note with references, suggesting that most likely Myosotis arvensis was the species of forget-me-not…

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Naturalist Sightings

By Justin So A red fox was observed bounding across sea ice to get at a colony of puffins in Elliston, NL (Photo by Rodolphe Devillers). Over the last few…

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Bees, Agriculture and the Precautionary Principle

By Julie Sircom,  Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland It’s hard to miss the news that Newfoundland’s honey bees are special – Varroa mite, a major pest elsewhere, is absent…

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