Eagle caught on film hunting deer

Talk about a lucky shot! A camera trap set up by tiger researchers captures a golden eagle attacking a sika deer.
Nature is always full of surprises.
Talk about a lucky shot! A camera trap set up by tiger researchers captures a golden eagle attacking a sika deer.
Nature is always full of surprises.
Tavish Campbell and Pacific Wild give us a breathtaking view of the colourful life under the surface of the Great Bear Sea.
Soon, I have to leave the house in Gatineau Park where I have been living for the past few months. It has been so lovely to be surrounded by forests and to have network of…
How much is nature worth? One 1997 estimate put its value at $142.7 trillion. But what about those people in China who pollinate apple blossoms by hand? In this episode of Radiolab, Jad and Robert talk with some of my favourite authors, including Carl Zimmer and J.B. Mackinnon, and discover that this simple question – how much is nature worth? – is not very easy to answer.
Photo by flagstaffotos.com.au Canon 20D + Sigma 150mm f/2.8
Over the past months I have been encountering J.B. MacKinnon’s engaging writing on natural history and historical ecology in Explore, The Walrus and on his blog. It has been refreshing and mentally invigorating to discover…
I decided to use this blog, in part, to keep a record of my natural history observations and ideas. This intention has made me more attentive to my natural surroundings and piqued my already vibrant curiosity….
I saw an Eastern Phoebe yesterday. Phoebes are small and drab birds, they don’t have a pretty song, they do not do anything particularly endearing, other than bob their tails when perched on branches. I…