by Madison F. | May 21, 2025 | News, UVicSpace
April 22, 2025 | Victoria News via UVic News A newly discovered grunting sound made by Arctic cod is helping scientists at the University of Victoria (UVic) uncover critical ecological insights—and develop new methods for tracking this keystone Arctic species. Leading...
by Sarah Kahale | Mar 11, 2025 | News, UVicSpace
Feb 10, 2025 | Victoria News via UVic News Off the coast of Esquimalt’s Macaulay Point Park, hundreds of “evil-looking worms” were spotted in the water by a man walking his dog, described as resembling giant sea centipedes. Benjamin Neal, an assistant...
by Sarah Kahale | Feb 7, 2025 | News, UVicSpace
February 7, 2025 | Mongabay via Uvic News A recent collaboration between Haíɫzaqv land stewards and scientists has revealed significant changes in bird populations on the the Goose Island Archipelago. In the summer of 1948, naturalist Charles J. Guiguet observed a...
by Sarah Kahale | Jan 14, 2025 | News, UVicSpace
January 14, 2025 | Global News via UVic News A recent study published in the Marina Ecology Progress Series centers around a creature named Belinda. Observed 23 meters below the surface of Barkley Sound, Belinda is a sea sponge that was recorded for four years by...
by Sarah Kahale | Nov 29, 2024 | News, UVicSpace
November 28, 2024 | Yahoo! News via UVic News Ocean scientists have been studying the “Bio-Duck”, a mysterious sound in the waters around Antarctica. The sound, which was first recorded in 1960, was linked in 2014 to Antarctic minke whales — but similar...
