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 hope you didn’t find a lump of coal in your Christmas stocking, but did you know you can find it along PEI’s shores?  Let’s start the...

To me, Natural History is the story our land tells about itself. PEI’s oldest stories are told by our sandstone cliffs and go back some...

With the change of seasons, my plant and fungus posts are coming to an end and my two popular winter series – PEI natural history and...

I’ve had a lot of questions about green-grey layers in the Island’s sandstone. So today let’s look at two reasons why our sandstone is...

Welcome to the first installment of my new series “Natural History of PEI: Permian to Present”. I’ll be posting these occasionally among...