Finalists have been named for the 2025 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes. The annual awards, now in their 41st year, are administered by the West Coast Book Prize Society and celebrate the achievements of ...

The cormorant, a large seabird, is not the invasive species or greedy glutton that destroys fish stocks as sometimes portrayed. Instead, it is an effective check on the round goby, an invasive species ...

BLOWING ROCK — The Speckled Trout has released its 2024 Community Impact Report, detailing $45,408 in total contributions to local causes across the High Country. The support included financial ...

The Double-crested Cormorant is often described as a cross between a goose and a loon. And that played out when a friend sent me a photo of a large, dark bird with a long, hooked-bill sitting low ...

The slice of northern Italy around Bologna has houses for sale in towns such as verdant, ancient-ruin-speckled Modigliana (where you can buy the aforementioned dilapidated monastery). The region ...

The Galaxy S25 Ultra stands at the top of our best phones list thanks to everything it offers to customers. However, all that comes at the whopping price of $1,299 on a new device. As such, the ...

The desert sidewinder is a small rattlesnake. (Getty Images) The speckled rattlesnake is more commonly spotted in rocky foothill areas along the San Diego coastline or in the desert. Its colors ...

"JRCC Victoria tasked a CH-149 Cormorant helicopter from 442 Squadron in Comox and a Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) fixed-wing aircraft out of Pitt Meadows," MARPAC said. "Ground ...