Too often, I hear people say that PEI is geologically dull. Sure, our bedrock is all sedimentary sandstone (except for the igneous Iron...

Over the winter, we’ve explored the story of PEI starting with formation of its bedrock 300 million years ago, through the last ice age,...

Last week, we looked at how and why mammals such as Raccoon and Skunk were introduced to PEI in the early 1900s. These were among our...

Over the past few weeks, we’ve explored how and why PEI lost its large, native mammals during the 18th and 19th centuries. But in the...

In the last few posts, we’ve looked at aspects of PEI’s forests and wildlife hundreds of years ago, before European settlement. In each...

At the end of the last Ice Age about 12,500 years ago, PEI would have looked more lunar than Earthly: no vegetation, just clay, silt,...

Last week, we looked at some of the large mammals that once roamed PEI, including Black Bears, Lynx, Walrus, and Caribou. You may think...

Last week, we explored the PEI landscape of three centuries ago, around the time Europeans arrived. Those pre-settlement forests and...

This winter we’ve been looking at PEI’s natural history – the story our landscape tells about itself. So far, we’ve read chapters written...

So far this winter, we’ve explored the formation of the Island’s sedimentary sandstone, fossils that can be found within it, a unique...

PEI has experienced many ice ages over its long history, but the landscape we know and love today was shaped by the most recent – the...

The first chapters in the story of PEI are written in sandstone, and they tell us about the environment and the plants and animals that...

Some may say that PEI is geologically boring, but I think nothing could be further from the truth! Our sandstone bedrock holds...

Humans think in decades, forests operate in centuries, but the history of the land around us spans eons. This winter, we’ll look at the...

Few things say PEI more than the expanses of red, ripple-marked sand on our shores at low tide.  One of my favourite things about those...

Over the past few centuries, PEI has lost some native animals and seen introductions of new, non-native ones. One of the most interesting...

Releasing new species into the wild is generally frowned upon today, but this wasn’t always the case, and the 1940s were the heyday of...

You may not think of PEI as a rockhounder’s paradise, but there are interesting geological finds here. Sure, you’re not likely to come...

I describe natural history as the story our land tells about itself.  PEI’s bogs tell many interesting stories, and at Black Banks the...

The highlight of this year’s natural calendar is the total eclipse on April 8th.  PEI will be in the path of totality, making this among...