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Magical Mushroom Walk with Andy MacKinnon

Amphitrite Lighthouse Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

“Fairy rings, elfin saddles and witch's butter...enter an enchanted realm!” Wild Pacific Trail free guided walk into the magical realm of mushrooms Meet at Amphitrite Lighthouse August 28, 10 am Andy is the best-selling co-author of “Mushrooms of BC”. Join us for an entertaining evening program−yes you can buy his book!  Andy has taught rainforest […]

Plankton Tuesdays!

Ocean Outfitters 368 Main Street, Tofino, BC, Canada

Though you may not always see them – plankton are out there, and some will become a feast for tiny fish or giant whales. Come observe plankton from up close and learn more!

Mushrooms of the West Coast 2022

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

This weekend field course will introduce participants to the wonderful world of West Coast Mushrooms. Topics to be covered include introduction to fungi (what are they, and what is their role in our forests?), essentials of collecting and identifying fungi in the field, edible, medicinal and poisonous fungi, cooking with wild mushrooms, and more! Course […]

$250.00

Let’s talk about Seaside Snakes

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

Come and  learn all about garter snakes (what they eat, where they live, how they spend their time) and the cool part .... they play in the west coast ecosystems around us.

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Working the night shift: Urban racoons in Canada

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Life At Night, Speakers Series 2023 Working the night shift: Urban racoons in Canada They work at night, traveling unseen through the city like masked bandits, one of the true success stories of species adapting to human disturbance.   How do raccoons (Procyon lotor) survive so well in the urban jungle?  And are humans unwittingly creating […]

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Best of both worlds: Moth antenna on a smelling drone

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Nature has developed amazing chemical sensors which greatly surpass man-made sensors in sensitivity and speed. A male Manduca sexta hawkmoth can sense the female's pheromone in concentrations as small as 1 in 10^17 molecules of air! To learn more about and mimic the way moths locate food and mates, I equipped a small palm-sized drone, […]

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The Magical World of Bats

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Life At Night, Speakers Series 2023 The Magical World of Bats Like bats or not, you will after hearing and seeing for yourself what Dr. Tuttle has learned about these mysterious but magical animals. As you’ll see bats come in an amazing variety, as cute as any panda or as strange as any dinosaur, ranging from […]

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Owls: A short tale about long-ears

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Since 1984 my wife Patsy and I have studied owls in Manitoba, Canada. Recently we wanted to start a new research project using camera traps to record owl breeding behaviour. In 2015 a pair of Long-eared Owls nested on our farm literally a stone's throw from our house. This was a great chance to test […]

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Galactic Archaeology: The history of our home in the cosmos

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Life At Night, Speakers Series 2023 Galactic Archaeology - This is the encore presentation of February 23 The history of our universe spans 13 billion years, 99.998% of which humanity did not yet exist. Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is at least ten billion years old, having survived what we believe is a violent […]

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Shorebird Soiree

Roar @ Hotel Zed 1258 Pacific Rim Hwy, Tofino, BC, Canada

We are having a party, a celebration of the shorebird migration and the Raincoast Education Society!!  🎉 Thursday April 27th, the Raincoast Education Society will be having our annual Shorebird Soiree fundraiser from 5 - 9pm at Roar & Hotel Zed. This event will be a magical evening of good food, good people, shorebirds flying […]

$1.00 – $25.00

Birding on the Mudflats

Hotel Zed Tofino 1258 Pacific Rim Highway, Tofino, British Columbia, Canada

Find fellow birders, spotting scopes and bird guide Mark Maftei from the RES on the viewing platform of Hotel Zed Tofino!

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Coastal Raincoast Ecology

Yellowgate Trail across from Pacific Sands Resort Tofino

Part of the West Coast Ambassador Program: This 2 - 2.5-hour session, taught by Barb Beasley, focuses on coastal terrestrial ecosystems. From the forest floor to the top of the canopy, this course will explore the interactions that occur in our local terrestrial ecosystems and the many species that inhabit them. This alternates between Ucluelet […]

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