Alaskan Xaadas Kil: K’ask’ud HlGaagilda Xaayda Kil: K‘ayda k’uuxawuu English: Harlequin Duck Latin: Histrionicus histrionicus K’ask’ud are distinguished by their mouse-like calls, but this is just a small part of a large repertoire of interesting calls that also includes a low grunting sound.K’ayda k’uuxawuu are equally unique in the range Read more…
Last week, as the disabled cargo ship Simushir drifted closer and closer to Haida Gwaii’s coastline, many Islands residents felt a growing sense of helplessness and frustration. Carrying 500 metric tonnes of bunker fuel and 60 metric tonnes of diesel fuel, as well as 94 metric tonnes of dangerous goods Read more…
The partially finished copy of the Great Box will return from Oxford on Friday the 10th of October. The new box, which is being carved and painted by brothers Gwaai and Jaalen Edenshaw, features skillful designs copied from the original masterpiece onto a new bentwood cedar box.The Edenshaws worked on Read more…
A ‘report card’ released by the David Suzuki Foundation has given Canada’s Marine Protected Areas network an ‘F’. The foundation said that “Canada is a very capable student with lots of potential” but that it “needs to show a greater commitment to completing homework assignments. There is concern that Canada Read more…
Zoologist David Suzuki appeared yesterday at the community hall in Gaaw to speak about various environmental challenges that we face today. His talk zoned in on the world’s changing oceans, and how we can prepare for climate change which is altering weather and ecological patterns all around the world. “The Read more…