Vancouver Welcomes 8,000 of the World’s Top Scientists
Today, Vancouver welcomes 8,000 of the world’s top scientists for the first ever American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual mee...
Diving at the Vancouver Aquarium, by the Numbers
By Jeremy Heywood, Vancouver Aquarium diving safety officer
Using both SCUBA and surface-supply diving equipment, 55 staff and volunteer divers fro...
Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
From a young age, we hear the adage "out of sight, out of mind." Yet as we get older, we realize that this is not always true, and that we should keep...
Young Black Rockfish are Hiding Everywhere!
That’s exciting, if you’re Dr. Jeff Marliave scuba diving off West Vancouver’s Lighthouse Park. He and members of the Vancouver Aquarium’s Fish Resear...
“Be Happy” and Support Our Oceans
Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise program has teamed up with seven other conservation organizations across North America to launch Be Happy, a social me...
The Importance of Salt Marshes
If you’re walking along the Fraser River estuary or down by Boundary Bay, and you catch a whiff of rotten eggs, you’re probably near a patch of salt m...
Global Scientists Gather in Vancouver Feb. 16-20
Vancouver welcomes an exceptional array of speakers in various fields of science at the 2012 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS...
Oregon Spotted Frog in Danger of Disappearing
It takes a keen eye and a bit of patience to find the Oregon spotted frogs (Rana pretiosa) in the Vancouver Aquarium’s Frogs Forever? gallery, but it’...